چاپ

See also: جاب, چات, چاٹ, and خات

Baluchi

Etymology

Compare Persian چپک (čapak), چپه (čape).

Noun

چاپ • (cáp)

1. clap
2. dance

See also

• چاپ جنگ (cáp janag)
• ناچ (nác)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Armenian չափ (čʿapʿ).

Noun

چاپ • (çap)

1. calibre, diameter of a ball, rod, or bore
2. the weight of the shot that a gun takes
3. an instrument for measuring diameters or calibres
4. a kind of permit to build on a certain spot and plan, issued by the Department of Public works

Descendants

• Turkish: çap
• → Azerbaijani: çap
• → Serbo-Croatian: ча̏п / čȁp

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) “չափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 627a
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 588, page 120
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 698b

Persian

Etymology

From Hindi छाप (chāp).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːp]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːp]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːp]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːp]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːp]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːp]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔp]

Readings
Classical reading?	čāp
Dari reading?	čāp
Iranian reading?	čâp
Tajik reading?	čop

Noun

چاپ • (čâp)

1. printing
2. print
3. publishing

Derived terms

• چاپ کردن (čâp kardan)
• چاپگر (čâpgar)

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit चाप (cāpa).

Noun

چاپ • (cāp) m (Hindi spelling चाप)

1. bow
2. arc

Synonyms

• دھنش (dhanuś)
• کمان (kamān)