küpdüşen

Turkish

Etymology

From küp düşmek.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: küp‧dü‧şen

Noun

küpdüşen (definite accusative küpdüşeni, plural küpdüşenler)

  1. (chiefly Cyprus, Antakya, Konya, Mersin) Psychodidae.
    Synonym: tatarcık
  2. (chiefly Çorum, Kırşehir, Tokat) a type of pear.

Further reading

  • Kabataş, Orhan (2009) “küpdüşen”, in Kıbrıs Türkçesinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of Cypriot Turkish] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Nicosia: Işık Kitabevi, →ISBN, page 392
  • “küpdüşen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu, Türkiye'de Halk Ağzından Derleme Sözlüğü, 1975 and 1982.
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