Ottoman Turkish

Noun

چراغ • ‎(çerâg, çirâg)

1. lamp, lantern
2. light
3. wick, candlewick
4. illuminator; teacher, mentor
5. pasture, meadow

Related terms

• چراق ‎(çırak)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian clʾγ ‎(čirāγ, “lamp”). Compare Parthian crʾg ‎(čirāγ), Ossetian цырагъ ‎(cyraǧ). Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճրագ ‎(črag), Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ ‎(šərāḡāʾ), Arabic سِرَاج ‎(sirāj).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeˈɾɒːɣ]
• Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

چراغ • ‎(čerâğ, čarâğ) ‎(plural چراغ‌ها ‎(čerâğ-hâ, čarâğ-hâ))

1. lamp
2. light
3. stove
4. wick, candlewick
5. director, guide
6. client, dependent
7. pasture

Derived terms

• چراغانی ‎(čerâğâni)
• چراغی ‎(čerâği)

Descendants

• → Azeri: çıraq / чыраг / چیراق
• → Georgian: ჩირაღი ‎(čiraɣi)
• → Gujarati: ચિરાગ઼ ‎(cirāġ)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: चिराग़ ‎(čirāġ)
  • Urdu: چراغ ‎(čirāġ)
• → Ossetian: цырагъ ‎(cyraǧ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: چراغ ‎(çerâg, çirâg), چراق ‎(çırak)
  • Turkish: çırak
  • → Albanian: çirak
  • → Bulgarian: чирак ‎(čirak)
  • → Crimean Tatar: şıraq
  • → Greek: τσιράκι n ‎(tsiráki)
  • → Romanian: cirac
  • → Serbo-Croatian: чѝра̄к / čìrāk
• → Uzbek: чироқ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian چراغ ‎(čerâgh, čarâgh).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

چراغ • ‎(čirāġ, čarāġ) m ‎(Hindi spelling चिराग़)

1. lamp
2. light

Declension

Synonyms

• دیا ‎(diyā)
• دیپ ‎(dīp)
• دیپک ‎(dīpak)
• دیپکا ‎(dīpikā)