قپان

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Ottoman Turkish

قپان

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَاپَانْ (qapan, trap), from Proto-Turkic *kapgan (trap), a development of *kap- (to snatch, take; to bite), whence قاپمق (kapmak, to snatch suddenly). Cognate with Azerbaijani qapan.

Alternative forms

Noun

قپان (kapan) (definite accusative قپانی (kapanı), plural قپانلر (kapanlar))

  1. trap, snare, gin, any contrivance designed to catch wild animals
    Synonyms: بالان (balan), دام (dam), طوزاق (tuzak)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: kapan
  • Armenian: խափան (xapʻan), խափխան (xapʻxan)
  • Romanian: capcană

Further reading

Etymology 2

قپان

Borrowed from Classical Persian قپان (qapān, stilyard), itself from Byzantine Greek κάμπανος (kámpanos) or γάμπανος (gámpanos), ultimately from Latin campāna (bell; steelyard).

Noun

قپان (kapan) (definite accusative قپانی (kapanı), plural قپانلر (kapanlar))

  1. steelyard, a type of transportable balance with unequal arm lengths
    Synonym: قنطار (kantar)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάμπανος (kámpanos), γάμπανος (gámpanos), from Latin campāna.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qapān
Dari reading? qapān
Iranian reading? ġapân
Tajik reading? qapon

Noun

قپان (qapān / ġapân) (Tajik spelling қапон)

  1. stilyard

Descendants