یوفقه

Ottoman Turkish
یوفقه

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yubka (“thin (of flat objects)”);[1] cognate with Bashkir йоҡа (yoqa), Kazakh жұқа (jūqa), Kyrgyz жука (juka), Kumyk юкъкъа (yuqqa), Southern Altai јука (ǰuka), Turkmen ýuka, Uyghur يۇپقا (yupqa) and Uzbek yupqa.

Adjective

یوفقه • (yufka)

  1. thin, having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
    Synonym: اینچه (inçe)
  2. brittle, friable, crisp, easily broken into small fragments or crumbles

Derived terms
  • یوفقه دریجك (yufka dericik, “very thin membrane”)
  • یوفقه‌جه (yufkaca, “somewhat thin or brittle”)
  • یوفقه‌لاتمق (yufkalatmak, “to beat or roll out thin”)
  • یوفقه‌لانمق (yufkalanmak, “to become thin or brittle”)
  • یوفقه‌لق (yufkalık, “thinness”)

Noun

یوفقه • (yufka)

  1. yufka, a thin, round, unleavened flatbread found in Turkish cuisine

Descendants
  • Turkish: yufka
  • → Armenian: յուֆխա (yufxa)
  • → Bulgarian: юфка́ (jufká)
  • → English: yufka
  • → Macedonian: јуфка (jufka)
  • → Romanian: iofca

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jubka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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