چاغرغان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چاغرـ (çağır-, “to call, hail; to cry out, shout”) +‎ ـغان (-gan).

Adjective

چاغرغان • (çağırgan)

1. vociferous, clamorous, making or characterized by a noisy outcry

Derived terms

• چاغرغان طوی (çağırgan toy, “screaming bustard”)
• چاغرغان قاری (çağırgan karı, “shrewd, scold”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: çağırgan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çağırgan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 852
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاغرغان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 460
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاغرغان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 272