چولپا

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Usually explained as Persian چول (čūl, bent) +‎ Persian پا (, leg, foot).

Adjective

چولپا (çolpa)

  1. having one defective foot
  2. (of a horse) that trots, canters, or gallops, left foot foremost
  3. (figuratively, of a person) clumsy and uncouth

Descendants

References

  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “çolpa”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2017) “çorpa¹”, in Ötüken Osmanlı Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, →ISBN, page 323a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چولپا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 481
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çolpa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چولپا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 739
  • Tietze, Andreas (2009) “çolpa/çulpa”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 528–529
  • Tietze, Andreas (2009) “çorpa/çurpa”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 531a