Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish چاپاق (çapak),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čalp-. Cognate with Uyghur چاپاق (chapaq, fump, (eye) gum), Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpak, dirt).[2] Also related to Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpaŋ, mud).

Noun

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çapak (definite accusative çapağı, uncountable)

  1. rheum, fump, gum (eye)
Descendants
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  • Armenian: չափախ (čʻapʻax)

Etymology 2

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From Ottoman Turkish چاپاق (çapak), disambiguated from the previous sense as چاپاق بالغی (çapak balığı),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čapak (Abramis brama).

Cognate with Turkmen çapak, Chuvash ҫупах (śup̬ah), etc.

Noun

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çapak

  1. Abramis brama

Etymology 3

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There are two theories;

  1. From Turkish çapmak, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čap-. Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (çapmaq).
  2. From Proto-Turkic *čalp-, cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpak, dirt) as per above.

Noun

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çapak

  1. A thin, small piece of metal that bounces off as it is hammered, forged.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 698
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çapak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük