چاپول

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Nishanyan, from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (çapağul, “raid”), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *čap- (“to beat, hit; attack; rob”), the same root of چاپمق (çapmak, “to raid, pillage”), with the same suffix found in قره‌غول (karağol, “patrol, sentry”). See also چاپقی (çapkı, “marauding raid”) and چاپقین (çapkın, “vagabond, scapegrace”).

Noun

چاپول • (çapul) (definite accusative چاپولی (çapulu), plural چاپوللر (çapullar))

  1. pillage, plunder, sack, raid, loot, foray, any instance of spoliation
    Synonyms: تاراج (tarac), تالان (talan), صویغون (soygun), یغما (yağma)
  2. loot, booty, spoil, plunder, goods seized from an enemy with violence
    Synonyms: پلاچقه (plaçka), تاراج (tarac), غنیمت (ganimet), یغما (yağma)
  3. group or set of marauders charged to raid a territory searching for booties

Derived terms

  • چاپول ایتمك (çapul etmek, “to sack, to pillage”)
  • چاپولجی (çapulcu, “pillager”)
  • چاپوللامق (çapullamak, “to sack, to pillage”)
  • چاپوللانمق (çapullanmak, “to be sacked or pillaged”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çapul
  • → Romanian: ceambur

Further reading

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