چناق قلعه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • چناق قلعه‌سی (Çanak Kalʼesi)

Etymology

From چناق (çanak, earthenware pot, bowl) +‎ قلعه (kalʼe, fortress), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

Proper noun

چناق قلعه • (Çanak Kalʼe)

  1. Çanakkale (a province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles)
  2. Çanakkale (a district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey)
  3. Çanakkale (a municipality, the capital city of Çanakkale district and Çanakkale Province, Turkey)

Descendants

  • Arabic: جَنَق قَلْعة (janaq qalʕa)
  • Azerbaijani: Çanaqqala
  • Central Kurdish: چاناققەلعە (çanaqqel'e)
  • Persian: چاناق‌قلعه (čânâq qal'e)
  • Turkish: Çanakkale
    • Arabic: جَانَاكَالِي (jānākālī)
    • Armenian: Չանաքքալե (Čʻanakʻkʻale)
    • English: Çanakkale
    • Greek: Τσανάκκαλε (Tsanákkale)
    • Japanese: チャナッカレ (Chanakkare)
    • Lithuanian: Čanakalė
    • Mandarin: 恰納卡萊 / 恰纳卡莱 (Qiànàkǎlái)
    • Northern Kurdish: Çanakkale
    • Russian: Чанаккале́ (Čanakkalé)
    • Ukrainian: Чанаккале́ (Čanakkalé)

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