چوره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compare چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over, to turn around”)

Noun

چوره • (çevre)

circumference, periphery
a type of muslin handkerchief

Descendants

Turkish: çevre
→ Armenian: չէվրէ (čʻēvrē)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چوره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 478
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çevre”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 735

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