طوپاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طوپ (top, “ball, sphere”) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

Adjective

طوپاق • (topak)

round, globular, orbicular, spherical, shaped like a ball
Synonym: یومرو (yumru)

Noun

طوپاق • (topak)

lump, glob, a roundish and shapeless piece of a semisolid substance
Synonym: یومرو (yumru)
fetlock, the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern in horses
Synonym: طوپوق (topuk)

Descendants

Turkish: topak
→ Armenian: թօփախ (tʻōpʻax)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “topak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4865
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوپاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 810
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “topak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1249

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