Pêvek:Etîmolojiya peyvên zazakî/Ç

• ça "where": from PIE interrogative base *k^wi- / *k^wo-.

Cognates: Latin ubi, Old English hwaer "where."

English Cognate: where, ubiquity (from Latin)

Source: Etymoline, Watkins p.46

• çar "four": from PIE base *k^wetwor "four."

Cognates: cf. Avestan čathwaro, Old Persian čatvar, Sanskrit čatvarah, Greek tetra, Latin quattuor, Oscan petora, Lithuanian keturi, Old Irish cethir, Welsh petguar "four."

English Cognate: four, quart (from Latin), quarter (from Latin), quadroon (from Latin), quarto (from Latin), quadricentenary (from Latin), quarantine (from Latin), quarrel (from Latin), quarry (from Latin), quadrum (from Latin), quadruple (from Latin), quadrillion (from Latin), trapezium (from Greek)

Source: Etymoline, Watkins p.45

• çarnayiş "to turn, walk around": from PIE base *k^wel- "wheel, circle."

Please see the çerq entry.

Source: Cheung p.34

• çend "how much": from PIE interrogative base *k^wi- / *k^wo-.

Cognates: Latin quot "how much."

English Cognate: quote (from Latin), quotient (from Latin)

Source: Etymoline, Watkins p.46

• çenge, çene "chin": from PIE base *genw- "chin, jawbone."

Cognates: cf. Old Persian çanu-, German kinn "chin."

English Cognate: chin

Source: Etymoline, Nişanyan, Watkins p.26

• çerayiş "pasture, to graze": from PIE base *k^wel- "wheel, circle."

Please see the çerq entry.

Source: Cheung p.34

• çerk "wheel": from PIE base *k^wel, *k^welk^wo "wheel, circle."

Cognates: cf. Avestan čaraiti "applies himself," č'axra "chariot, wagon;" Sanskrit čakram "circle, wheel," carati "he moves, wanders;" Greek polos "a round axis" (PIE *kw- becomes Gk. p- before some vowels) polein "move around;" Latin colere "to frequent, dwell in, to cultivate, move around," cultus "tended, cultivated," hence also "polished," colonus "husbandman, tenant farmer, settler, colonist;" Lithuanian kelias "a road, a way;" Old Norse hvel, Old English hweol "wheel;" Old Russian, Polish kolo, Russian koleso "a wheel.

English Cognates: wheel, colony (from Latin), cult (from Latin), cultivate (from Latin), culture (from Latin), cycle (from Greek), cyclo- (from Greek), bicycle (from Greek), encyclical (from Greek), chakra (from Sanskrit),

Source: Etymoline, Watkins p.45

• çewres, çores "fourty": from PIE base *k^wetwores "fourty."

Cognates: Sanskrit catvārinśat, Greek tessarákonta, Latin quadrāgintā "forty."

English Cognate: fourty

Source: Watkins p.45

• çînayiş "slay, smite": from PIE interrogative base *g^when- "smite, slay.".

Cognates: Avestan jan "to kill, to slay;" Old Persian jan "to kill, to slay;" Sanskrit han "to kill, to slay;" Greek phonos "killer," Latin de-fen-ti "beats of, defend;" Armenian çn-em "I slay", Hittite kuen "slays," Irish gon-im "I slay."

English Cognate: bane, gun (from Old Norse), autobahn (from German), fence (from Latin), offense (from Latin), defense (from Latin)

Source: Etymoline, Fortson p.53, Watkins p.35

• çi "what": from PIE interrogative base *k^wi- / *k^wo-.

Cognates: Latin quad, Old Norse hvat, Danish hvad, Dutch wat, Old High German hwaz, German was, Gothic hva "what."

English Cognate: what

Source: Etymoline, Watkins p.46

• çira "why": from PIE interrogative base *k^wi- / *k^wo-.

Cognates: Latin qur, Old Norse hvi "why."

English Cognate: why

Source: Etymoline, Watkins p.46

Çavkanî

• Cheung, Johnny. Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb. Boston: Brill. 2007.
• Etymonline. Online English Etymology Dictionary. <etymonline.com> by Douglas Harper.
• Fortson, Benjamin W. Indo-European Language and Culture. Blackwell Publishing. 2004.
• Nisanyan, Sevan. Etymological Dictionary of Modern Turkish. Adam Y. Istanbul 2007.
• Watkins, Calvert. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Second Ed. Houghton Publishing. USA 2007.