چراق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).

Noun

چراق • (çırak)

1. apprentice, novice

   Synonym: اوشاق (uşak)

2. pupil
3. pensioner

Derived terms

• چراقلق (çıraklık)

Descendants

• Turkish: çırak
• → Albanian: çirak
• →⇒ Egyptian Arabic: إشراقة (išrāqa), أشراقة (ašrāqa)
• → Armenian: չրախ (čʻrax), չրաղ (čʻraġ)
• → Aromanian: cirac, cireac
• → Bulgarian: чира́к (čirák)
• → Crimean Tatar: şıraq
• → Greek: τσιράκι (tsiráki)
• → Macedonian: чирак (čirak)
• → Romanian: cirac
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: чѝрак

  Latin script: čìrak