چوكان

See also: چوگان

Ottoman Turkish

چوگان

Alternative forms

• չէվկեան (çevgân) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چوگان (čowgân, “crosier; polo stick”), itself from Middle Persian cwpkʾn' (“polo stick”).

Noun

چوگان • (çevgân)

1. jereed, a blunt javelin used by the Turkish people, especially in mock fights

   Synonym: جرید (cirid)

2. polo-stick, mallet, the wooden stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo

   Synonym: صولجان (sevlecan)

3. crook, a hooked staff used by horsemen to collect weapons from the ground
4. Turkish crescent, a percussion instrument traditionally used by military bands

Derived terms

• چوگانباز (çevgânbaz, “polo player”)
• چوگاندار (çevgândar, “esquire who carries a polo-stick”)
• چوگانزن (çevgânzen, “Turkish crescent player”)

Descendants

• Turkish: çevgan, çevgen
• → Romanian: cioian

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çevgân”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 945
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “çevgân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 190
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چوكان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 480
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Clava lusoria”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 190
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “چوكان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1682
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çevgan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوكان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 738