چبان

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čï̄pgan (furuncle);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani çiban, Bashkir себешке (sebeşke), Chuvash ҫăпан (śăpan), Kazakh шиқан (şiqan), Southern Altai чибишке (čibiške), Turkmen çȳban, Tuvan шивишки (şivişki) and Uzbek chipqon.

Noun

چبان (çıban) (definite accusative چبانی (çıbanı), plural چبانلر (çıbanlar))

  1. pimple, furuncle, boil, pustule, a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection
    Synonyms: خراج (hurac), دمل (dummel), قبارجق (kabarcık)
  2. abscess, a cavity caused by tissue destruction filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue
    Synonyms: خراج (hurac), دمل (dummel)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gagauz: çıban
  • Turkish: çıban
  • Armenian: չիբան (čʻiban)

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čɨ̄pgan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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