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Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Turkic source. The Kipchaks themselves derived their name as meaning "hollow tree" (Karakhanid kuv ağaç, from Proto-Turkic *ïgač (tree)).[1] Compare Chagatay [script needed] (Qipčaq), Turkish Kıpçak. More at Kipchaks.

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Noun edit

кыпча́к (kypčákm anim (genitive кыпча́ка, nominative plural кыпча́ки, genitive plural кыпча́ков)

  1. Kipchak

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References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 581