Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چُونْکِه (čūnki).
Conjunction
چونكه • (çünkü)
- because
- Synonym: زیرا (zira)
Descendants
- Turkish: çünkü
- → Armenian: չյունքի (čʻyunkʻi), չունքի (čʻunkʻi)
- → Crimean Tatar: çünki
- → Macedonian: чунки (čunki)