یلپیك
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- یلپك (yelpik)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yelpik (“fan; difficulty in breathing”), a derivation from *yelpi- (“to flap, shake, fan”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani yelpik.
Noun
یلپیك • (yelpik) (definite accusative یلپیكی (yelpiği), plural یلپیكلر (yelpikler))
- (pathology) asthma, a long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow
- Synonym: نفس طارلغی (nefes darlığı)
Derived terms
- یلپیك اولمق (yelpik olmak, “to suffer from asthma”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Turkish: yelpik
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yélpik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 920
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “یلپیك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 884
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yelpik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5283
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یلپیك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1355
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یلپك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2208