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Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish چاپاق (çapak),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čalp-. Cognate with Uyghur چاپاق (chapaq, “fump, (eye) gum”), Karakhanid (çalpak, “dirt”).[2] Also related to Karakhanid (çalpaŋ, “mud”).
Noun
çapak (definite accusative çapağı, uncountable)
- rheum, fump, gum (eye)
Descendants
- → Armenian: չափախ (čʻapʻax)
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish چاپاق (çapak), disambiguated from the previous sense as چاپاق بالغی (çapak balığı),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čapak (“Abramis brama”).
Cognate with Turkmen çapak, Chuvash ҫупах (śup̬ah), etc.
Noun
çapak
- Abramis brama
Etymology 3
There are two theories;
- From Turkish çapmak, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čap-. Cognate with Karakhanid (çapmaq).
- From Proto-Turkic *čalp-, cognate with Karakhanid (çalpak, “dirt”) as per above.
Noun
çapak
- A thin, small piece of metal that bounces off as it is hammered, forged.
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