یاپاغی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یاپق (yapak), یپاغی (yapağı), یپاق (yapak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yapagu (“fleece”), perhaps from *yap- (“to strike, pound; do, make, arrange”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani yapaq, Bashkir ябаға (yabağa), Karakhanid يَبَاقُو (yapaqu), Kazakh жабағы (jabağy), Kumyk [script needed] (yabağı), Kyrgyz жабага (jabaga), Southern Altai јабак (ǰabak) and Turkmen ýapagy.

Noun

یاپاغی • (yapağı) (definite accusative یاپاغی‌یی (yapağıyı), plural یاپاغیلر (yapağılar))

  1. fleece, the hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

Derived terms

  • یاپاغی ساطوری (yapağı saturı, “hog fennel”)
  • یاپاغیجی (yapağıcı, “wool merchant”)
  • یاپاغیلو (yapağılı, “fleeced; fleecy”)
  • یاپالاق (yapalak, “great owl”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yapağı
  • → Armenian: յափաղի (yapʻaġi)

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