çark
Çark is a Turkish noun meaning wheel or cogwheel. In everyday Turkish, tekerlek is the general term for a wheel, but çark is commonly used in technical contexts to denote gears and other rotating wheels within machines. A çark can refer to a single wheel as well as to a gear wheel with teeth that transmit motion and torque between shafts. In mechanical engineering, phrases such as dişli çark (gear) and çark mili (gear shaft) are standard; discussions of transmissions often involve the role of dişli çark within the şanzıman (transmission) or vites kutusu (gearbox).
The word çark is native to Turkish and has long-standing usage in technical and literary contexts. It
In Turkish culture and language, çark appears in various compound terms and names, such as çarkıfelek, the