واپور

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word واپور. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word واپور, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say واپور in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word واپور you have here. The definition of the word واپور will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofواپور, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vapore (“steamship”).

Noun

واپور • (vapor, vapur) (definite accusative واپوری (vaporu, vapuru))

steamer, steamship, steamboat

Descendants

Turkish: vapur, bapur, bafur, bapır, babır, papur, papor (dialectal)
→ Armenian: վափոր (vapʻor), վափուր (vapʻur), պաֆոռ (pafoṙ), փաֆոռ (pʻafoṙ)
→ Georgian: ვაფორი (vapori) — Chveneburi
→ Laz: ვაფური (vapuri), ვაფოჲი (vapoyi) — Lome
→ Northern Kurdish: vapûr, wapor, papor
→ South Levantine Arabic: بابور (bābōr, “ship”)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “վափօր”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 145
Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “vapor”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 355
Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “վափօր”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 871b
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “واپور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia