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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From طوپ (top, “ball, sphere”) + ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).
Adjective
طوپاق • (topak)
- round, globular, orbicular, spherical, shaped like a ball
- Synonym: یومرو (yumru)
Noun
طوپاق • (topak)
- lump, glob, a roundish and shapeless piece of a semisolid substance
- Synonym: یومرو (yumru)
- fetlock, the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern in horses
- Synonym: طوپوق (topuk)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “topak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4865
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوپاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 810
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “topak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1249