چاپمق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čap- (to beat, hit; attack; rob);[1] cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (čapmaq, to do hurriedly, slap on), Azerbaijani çapmaq (to cut, chop, cleave), Chuvash ҫуп (śup), Crimean Tatar şapmaq (to run) and Turkmen çapmak (to run).

Verb

چاپمق • (çapmak) (third-person singular aorist چاپار (çapar))

  1. (intransitive, of a horse) to run, trot, canter, gallop
    Synonym: اشمك (eşmek)
  2. (transitive) to raid, pillage, sack, plunder
    Synonym: چاپوللامق (çapullamak)

Derived terms

  • چاپار (çapar, Persian mounted courier)
  • چاپشمق (çapışmak, to raid one another)
  • چاپقان (çapkan, thar runs, gallops)
  • چاپقین (çapkın, vagabond; scapegrace)
  • چاپلمق (çapılmak, to be ridden, trotted)
  • چاپنمق (çapınmak, to wander aimlessly)
  • چاپیجی (çapıcı, one that runs, trots)
  • چابوق (çabuk, quick, swift)
  • چاپاناق (çapanak, booty; contraband)
  • چاپول (çapul, raid; sack; plunder)
  • چاپی (çapı, run, trot, gallop)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çapmak

References

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

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