طوپلی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طوپلو (toplı, toplu)

Etymology

From طوپ (top) +‎ ـلی (-lı).

Adjective

طوپلی • (toplı, toplu)

1. comitative of طوپ (top, “ball, knob, cannon, whole”)
2. gathered, collected; compact
3. organised, tidy

   Synonyms: دوزنلی (düzenli), ترتیبلی (tertibli)

Descendants

• Turkish: toplu

Noun

طوپلی • (toplı, toplu)

1. Ellipsis of طوپلی ایكنه (toplı iğne, “pin”).

Descendants

• Turkish: toplu
• → Armenian: թօփլու (tʻōpʻlu), թոփլի (tʻopʻli)
• ⇒ Bulgarian: топлийка (toplijka)
• → Serbo-Croatian: toplija／топлија — Prizren

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپلی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوپلی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 811a