چكه

See also: چکه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *čeŋe (“jaw”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (čeŋe), Azerbaijani çənə, Yakut сэҥийэ (señiye), etc.

Noun

چكه • (çeñe)

1. chin
2. jawbone
3. talkativeness

Descendants

• → Armenian: չանա (čʻana), չա̈նա̈ (čʻänä), չէնյէ (čʻēnyē), չէնկէ (čʻēnkē) (partly)
• → Georgian: ჩენე (čene) — Chveneburi
• → Laz: ჩენგე (çenge)

Etymology 2

From چكمك (çekmek, “to pull”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ček- (“to pull”).

Noun

چكه • (çeki)

1. a measure of weight, approximately 200 kg

Related terms

• چكمك (çekmek)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چكه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 473
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727