чӗрпӗк

Chuvash

Etymology

From either Proto-Turkic *čap- (“eye pus”) or *čel- (“mucus discharged by the eye”). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (čelpek, “rheum”), Turkish çapak, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʲø̆rʲpʲɘkʲ/

Noun

чӗрпӗк • (čĕrp̬ĕk)

1. rheum

Further reading

• “чӗрпӗк”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.