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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïpak (“silk”), a development of *yïp (“string, cord, rope”), whence ایپ (ip, “string, cord, rope, line”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ipək, Kazakh жібек (jıbek), Kyrgyz жибек (jibek), Salar yipek, Turkmen ýüpek, Uyghur يىپەك (yipek) and Uzbek ipak.
Noun
ایپك • (ipek)
- silk, a fine fiber excreted by the silkworm
- Synonyms: ابرشیم (ibrişim), حریر (harir), قز (kazz)
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Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ipek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2193
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایپك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 211
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sericum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1545
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ipek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایپك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 286