كوپ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küp (“earthenware jar or jug”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani küp, Karakhanid كُبْ (küb), Southern Altai кӱп (küp) and Uyghur كۈپ (küp).

Noun

كوپ • (küp) (definite accusative كوپی (küpü), plural كوپلر (küpler))

  1. large earthenware jug or jar with a narrow neck, used to store food or liquids
    Synonym: جره (cerre)

Derived terms

  • آلتون كوپی (altun küpü, “Croesus, a very rich man”, literally “jar of gold”)
  • بویاجی كوپی (boyacı küpü, “dyer's vat”)
  • كوپ اوزرنده اوتورمق (küp üzerinde oturmak, “to gain a lot of riches”, literally “to sit on a jar”)
  • كوپ كبی (küp gibi, “very stout”)
  • كوپجك (küpcük, “a small jar or jug”)
  • كوپجكز (küpciğiz, “a small jar or jug”)
  • كوپخانه (küphâne, “manufactory of jar or jugs”)
  • كوپه بینمك (küpe binmek, “to lose one's temper”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: küp
  • → Armenian: քիւփ (kʻiwpʻ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: ćȕp
    Cyrillic script: ћу̏п

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 687

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