كوپری

See also: كوبري

Ottoman Turkish

كوپری

Alternative forms

• كورپی (körpi), كورپو (körpü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *köpürüg (“bridge”); cognate with Azerbaijani körpü, Bashkir күпер (küper), Chuvash кӗпер (kĕp̬er), Kazakh көпір (köpır), Kyrgyz көпүрө (köpürö), Tatar күпер (küper), Turkmen köpri, Uyghur كۆۋرۈك (köwrük) and Uzbek koʻprik.

Noun

كوپری • (köpri or köprü) (definite accusative كوپریی (köpriyi, köprüyü), plural كوپریلر (köpriler, köprüler))

1. bridge, a construction that spans a divide, allowing for the passage of people and vehicles

   Synonyms: پل (pül), جسر (cisr), قنطره (kantara)

2. cleat, a strip of wood or iron fastened onto something in order to give strength or hold position
3. trigger guard, a loop surrounding the trigger of a weapon to keep it from accidental discharge

Derived terms

• آتلامه كوپری (atlama köpri, “pedestrian bridge”)
• آصمه كوپری (asma köpri, “drawbridge”)
• اكرتی كوپری (eğreti köpri, “temporary bridge”)
• اوزون كوپری (uzun köpri, “Uzunköprü, a district in Turkey”)
• اپولت كوپریسی (epolet köprisi, “shoulder strap of an epaulette”)
• دری كوپری (deri köpri, “bridge leaning on another one”)
• دوبه كوپری (duba köpri, “pontoon bridge”)
• سهپا كوپری (sehpa köpri, “trestle bridge”)
• سپت كوپری (sepet köpri, “gabion bridge”)
• صال كوپری (sal köpri, “raft bridge”)
• طاش كوپریسی (taş köprisi, “stone bridge”)
• طوقه كوپریسی (toka köprisi, “bridge of a buckle”)
• طومباز كوپری (tombaz köpri, “raft bridge”)
• طیار كوپری (tayyar köpri, “flying bridge”)
• قازیق كوپری (kazık köpri, “piloti bridge”)
• قالقار كوپری (kalkar köpri, “drawbridge”)
• كلید كوپریسی (kilid köprisi, “hasp of a lock”)
• كمان كوپریسی (keman köprisi, “bridge of a violin”)
• كوپری كوزلری (köpri gözleri, “arches of a bridge”)
• كوپریجك (köpricik, “collarbone”)
• كوپریجی (köprici, “toll-taker of a bridge”)
• كوپریلو (köprili, “bridged”)
• متحرك كوپری (mutaharrik köpri, “movable bridge”)
• چاتمه كوپری (çatma köpri, “frame bridge”)

Descendants

• Gagauz: köprü
• Turkish: köprü
• → Armenian: քէօփրիւ (kʻēōpʻriw)
• → Bulgarian: кюприя (kjuprija) (obsolete)
• → Egyptian Arabic: كوبري (kobrı)
• → Greek: κιοπρουλής (kioproulís)
• → Hijazi Arabic: كبري (kubri)
• → Ladino: kyupri, kopri
• → Macedonian: ќуприја (ḱuprija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀прија/ćùprija

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كوپری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 651
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köprü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2787
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوپری”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 398a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوپری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1045
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pons”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1317
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوپری”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4050
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “köprü”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوپری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1580