ҡапҡа

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Bashkir

Ҡапҡа (1)
Ҡапҡа (2)

Etymology

From *qapqa (gate), from Proto-Turkic *kap- (to close).

Immediately cognate with Karakhanid (qapγa, gate); Tatar капка (qapka), Kazakh қақпа (qaqpa), Kyrgyz капка (kapka), Uyghur қапқа (qapqa, gate), etc.

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  • Hyphenation: ҡап‧ҡа
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Noun

ҡапҡа (qapqa)

  1. gate
    Барһам - ҡапҡалары бикле, ишек алдында эт өрөп тора.
    Barham - qapqaları bikle, işek aldında et öröp tora.
    When I reached their house, (I found out that their) gate was locked and the dog was barking in the yard.
  2. (sports) gate
    Өфөләр һынатманы — ҡунаҡтарҙың ҡапҡаһына туп тәүге тапҡыр туғыҙынсы минутта уҡ эләкте.
    Öfölər hınatmanı — qunaqtarźıñ qapqahına tup təwge tapqır tuğıźınsı minutta uq eləkte.
    The Ufa team did not give way: the football first landed in the visiting team's gate already at the ninth minute.
  3. (figurative) a place through which people arrive to and leave a city or region; gate, gateway, terminal
    Өфө аэропорты — республикабыҙҙың төп һауа ҡапҡаһы.
    Öfö aeroportı — respublikabıźźıñ töp hawa qapqahı.
    The Ufa airport is the main air terminal of our republic (of Bashkortostan).