طرپوش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš, “fez, tarboosh”), itself from Persian سرپوش (sarpuš). Doublet of سرپوش (serpuş, “headgear”).

Noun

طرپوش • (tarpuş)

1. skullcap, any kind of small domed cap such as a kippah or a zucchetto

Descendants

• Turkish: tarpuş

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tarpuş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4614
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طرپوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 802
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرپوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1236