صاپ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sap (handle); cognate with Bashkir һап (hap).

Alternative forms

Noun

صاپ • (sap) (definite accusative صاپی (sapı), plural صاپلر (saplar))

  1. handle, the part of an object, especially a vessel, which is held in the hand when used or moved
    Synonyms: طوتاق (tutak), قولپ (kulp)
  2. (botany) stem, stalk, culm, haulm, the above-ground axis of a vascular plant, opposite to the root
    Synonyms: اوزدك (özdek), ساق (sak)
Derived terms
  • آرمود صاپی (armud sapı, pedicel of a pear)
  • اوت صاپی (ot sapı, blade of grass)
  • ایپی صاپی یوق (ipi sapı yok, without rhyme or reason)
  • بالطه صاپی (balta sapı, handle of an axe)
  • بر صاپ ایپك (bir sap ipek, passementerie)
  • بوغدای صاپی (buğday sapı, stem of the wheat)
  • بیچاق صاپی (bıçak sapı, handle of a knife)
  • سوپوركه صاپی (süpürge sapı, broomstick)
  • صاپ قومق (sap komak, to provide with a handle)
  • صاپ چیقارمق (sap çıkarmak, to remove the handle)
  • صاپسز (sapsız, handleless; stalkless)
  • صاپلاتمق (saplatmak, to make or let be spitted)
  • صاپلامق (saplamak, to thrust into)
  • صاپلانمق (saplanmak, to be thrusted)
  • صاپلو (saplı, provided with a handle)
  • صبان صاپی (saban sapı, handle of a plough)
  • قلج صاپی (kılıc sapı, handle of a sword)
  • قلم صاپی (kalem sapı, plume-holder)
Descendants
  • Turkish: sap

Further reading

Etymology 2

Alliterative.

Alternative forms

Particle

صاپ • (sap)

  1. An intensifier used with certain adjectives beginning with ص and a back vowel.
    صاپ صاریsap sarıvery yellow
    صاپ صاغلامsap sağlamsafe and sound

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