دیز قپاغی

Ottoman Turkish

دیز قپاغی

Etymology

From دیز (diz, “knee”) +‎ قپاق (kapak, “lid, cover”).

Noun

دیز قپاغی • (diz kapağı)

kneecap, the flat, roundish bone in the knee

Descendants

Turkish: diz kapağı
→ Armenian: տիզխափախի (tizxapʻaxi)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “diz kapağı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1251
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دیز قپاغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 597
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیز قپاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 935

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