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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حب (“grain”) (whence Turkish hap, Greek χάπι (chápi)), of Arabic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
хап • (hap) m (diminutive ха́пче)
- (pharmacology) pill, pellet
Declension
References
- “хап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “хап”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Yakut
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kap- (“to snatch”).
Verb
хап • (qap)
- (transitive) to catch, to grab
- (of a horse) to bite
- (of a fish) to peck
- (colloquial) to scold
- Synonym: үөх (üöq)
Derived terms
- иилэ хабан ыл (iile qaban ıl, “to pick up on”)
- хабыс (qabıs, “to play a game, to wrestle”)
- хаппах (qappaq, “cover, lid”)