Ottoman Turkish edit

 
یوفقه

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yubka (thin (of flat objects));[1] cognate with Bashkir йоҡа (yoqa), Kazakh жұқа (jūqa), Kyrgyz жука (juka), Kumyk юкъкъа (yuqqa), Southern Altai јука (ǰuka), Turkmen ýuka, Uyghur يۇپقا (yupqa) and Uzbek yupqa.

Adjective edit

یوفقه (yufka)

  1. thin, having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
    Synonym: اینچه (inçe)
  2. brittle, friable, crisp, easily broken into small fragments or crumbles

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

یوفقه (yufka)

  1. yufka, a thin, round, unleavened flatbread found in Turkish cuisine

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: yufka
  • Armenian: յուֆխա (yufxa)
  • Bulgarian: юфка́ (jufká)
  • English: yufka
  • Macedonian: јуфка (jufka)
  • Romanian: iofca

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jubka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading edit