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چراغ

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Khalaj

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Noun

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چِراغ (çirâğ) (definite accusative چِراغؽ, plural چِراغلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of çirâğ (lamp)

Declension

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Iranian Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ), itself from Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /⁠čirāγ⁠/, lamp). Doublet of سراج (sirac, lamp).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

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چراغ (çerağ or çirağ) (definite accusative چراغی (çerağı), plural چراغلر (çerağlar))

  1. lamp, oil lamp, a simple vessel used to produce light continuously from a liquid fuel source
    Synonyms: سراج (sirac), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa), مصباح (mısbah)
  2. wick, candlewick, a bundle, twist, or braid of cord, fabric, or fibre that draws up liquid fuel
    Synonyms: سراج (sirac), فتیل (fitil)
  3. light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.
    Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), سراج (sirac), نور (nur)

Derived terms

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  • سراج (sirac, oil lamp, lamp)
  • چرا (çıra, pitch-pine wood)
  • چراق (çırak, pensioner, apprentice)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: çerağ, çirağ

Further reading

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Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian چراغ.

Noun

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چراغ (čirā́ǧm (plural چراغان (čiraǧā́n))

  1. candle; lamp
  2. illumination

References

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  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “چراغ”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press, page 554

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /⁠čirāγ⁠/, lamp). Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (clʾγ), 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫍 (crʾh /⁠čirāγ⁠/, lamp), Sogdian [script needed] (crʾʾγ /⁠čarāγ⁠/), Ossetian цырагъ (cyraǧ). Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ (šərāḡāʾ), Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás (bright, shining)?”

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čirāğ, čarāğ
Dari reading? čirāğ, čarāğ
Iranian reading? čerâğ, čarâğ
Tajik reading? čaroġ
Dari چراغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чароғ

Noun

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چراغ (čerâğ) (plural چراغ‌ها (čerâğ-hâ))

  1. lamp
    Synonym: لامپ (lâmp)
  2. light
  3. stove

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian چراغ (čirâğ, čarâğ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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چِراغ or چَراغ (cirāġ or carāġm (Hindi spelling चिराग़ or चराग़)

  1. lamp
  2. light

Declension

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    Declension of چراغ
singular plural
direct چراغ (cirāġ) چراغ (cirāġ)
oblique چراغ (cirāġ) چراغوں (cirāġõ)
vocative چراغ (cirāġ) چراغو (cirāġo)

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