زبقین

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sạp- (to thread a needle, needle).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (sapɣun), [script needed] (sıpɣun, short spear), etc.

Noun

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زبقین (zıbkın)

  1. spear
  2. harpoon

Descendants

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  • Turkish: zıpkın

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sạp-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill