See also: Çalışkan Turkish Etymology From Ottoman Turkish چالشقان (çalışkan), morphologically çalış- (“to work”) + -gan (“habitual suffix”) Pronunciation IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑ.ɫɯʃ.kɑn/ Audio:(file) Adjective çalışkan hard-working, assiduousWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.