kartopu

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قار طوپی (ḳar topu, “snowball; viburnum”), equivalent to kar (“snow”) +‎ top (“ball”) +‎ -u (possessive suffix).

Noun

kartopu

1. snowball

   Synonym: kar topu

2. viburnum

   Synonym: gilaburu

Further reading

• “kartopu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kartopu¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2393