چەكمەك

Uyghur

Other scripts

Perso-Arabic	چەكمەك
Latin	‍chekmek‍
Cyrillic	чәкмәк

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ček-.

Cognates

Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (çekmek, “to pull”), Karakhanid [script needed] (çekmēk, “to draw”), Turkish çekmek (“to pull, undergo”), Azerbaijani çəkmək (“to smoke”), Turkmen çekmek (“to pull, draw”), Uzbek chekmoq (“to pull, undergo, smoke”), Kipchak [script needed] (çek-, “to pull”), and Kyrgyz чегүү (cegüü, “to pull, undergo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛkmɛk/

Verb

چەكمەك • (chekmek)

1. to strike
2. to tap, knock
3. to undergo
4. to smoke