چاغ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čāk (“time”). Possibly related to Mongolian.[1] See Azerbaijani çağ for more.

Noun

چاغ • (çağ)

  1. time
    Synonyms: زمان, وقت, هنكام, اثنا
    صباح چاغی ― sabah çağı ― morning
  2. season
    Synonym: موسم
    كل چاغی ― gül çağı ― spring (literally, “season of rose”)
  3. period, stage, phase
    اورته چاغده بر آدم ― orta çağda bir adam ― a middle-aged man
    اورته چاغ ― orta çağ ― the middle period of a life
  4. age
    Synonym: یاش
    یكرمی چاغنده بر دلیقانلی ― yirmi çağında bir delikanlı ― a twenty-year-old lad
  5. (figuratively) the right, optimal, opportune time
  6. a cycle of 12 years

Descendants

  • Turkish: çağ
  • → Armenian: չաղ (čʻaġ)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çağ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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