یاپی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یاپو (yapu)

Etymology

From یاپمق (yapmak, to do, make, arrange). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yapïġ, building), Karakhanid [script needed] (yapuġ, building),[1] etc.

Noun

یاپی • (yapı)

  1. building, edifice
    Synonym: بنا (bina)
  2. a construction in progress
    Synonym: انشا (inşa)
  3. the structure of any composite whole

Derived terms

  • یاپیجی (yapıcı)
  • یاپیلی (yapılı)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yapı
  • Greek: γιαπί (giapí)
  • Armenian: յափու (yapʻu)

Further reading

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “یاپی”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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