çapak

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish چاپاق (çapak), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čalp-. Cognate with Uyghur چاپاق (chapaq, “fump, (eye) gum”), Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpak, “dirt”). Also related to Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpaŋ, “mud”).

Noun

çapak (definite accusative çapağı, uncountable)

1. rheum, fump, gum (eye)

Descendants

• → Armenian: չափախ (čʻapʻax)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish چاپاق (çapak), disambiguated from the previous sense as چاپاق بالغی (çapak balığı), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čapak (“Abramis brama”).

Cognate with Turkmen çapak, Chuvash ҫупах (śup̬ah), etc.

Noun

çapak

1. Abramis brama

Etymology 3

There are two theories;

1. From Turkish çapmak, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čap-. Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (çapmaq).
2. From Proto-Turkic *čalp-, cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpak, “dirt”) as per above.

Noun

çapak

1. A thin, small piece of metal that bounces off as it is hammered, forged.