چاتال

Ottoman Turkish
چاتال

Alternative forms
  • چتال (çatal)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čatal (“fork”), from *čat- (“to bring together”), the same root of چاتمق (çatmak, “to bring together”).

Noun

چاتال • (çatal)

  1. prong, tine, a thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork
  2. (by extension) fork, a utensil with spikes used to put food into the mouth
  3. (nautical) breasthook, a horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship

Adjective

چاتال • (çatal)

  1. forked, bifurcated, divided into two or more branches

Derived terms
  • ایرماق چاتالی (ırmak çatalı, “forks of a river”)
  • صیغین چاتالی (sığın çatalı, “antlers”)
  • چاتال آناختار (çatal anahtar, “kind of turnscrew”)
  • چاتال ایش (çatal iş, “dilemma”)
  • چاتال بیل (çatal bil, “digging fork”)
  • چاتال دستك (çatal destek, “troublesome pest”)
  • چاتال طرناق (çatal tırnak, “cloven hoof”)
  • چاتال قازق (çatal kazık, “matter that is involved in difficulties”)
  • چاتال چكیچ (çatal çekiç, “kind of hammer”)
  • چاتاللاندیرمق (çatallandırmak, “to bifurcate”)
  • چاتاللانمق (çatallanmak, “to become bifurcated”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: çatal
  • → Albanian: çatall
  • → Armenian: չաթալ (čʻatʻal)
  • → Georgian: ჩათალი (čatali) — Chveneburi
  • → Iraqi Arabic: چطل (çaṭal)

Further reading
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