نزكب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Probably from Middle Armenian մազկապ (mazkap), from մազ (maz, “hair”) +‎ կապ (kap, “tie”).

Noun

نزكب • (nezkeb or nezgep)

1. coif (woman's head covering)

Descendants

• Turkish: nezgep
• → Armenian: նեզկեպ (nezkep), մեզկեպ (mezkep)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 321b
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 475, page 101
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nezgep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نزكب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2079