kapkan

Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian капкан (kapkan), from Proto-Turkic *kap-gan. Compare Turkish kapan, Crimean Tatar qapqan, and the inherited doublet kapan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑpˈkɑn/
• Hyphenation: kap‧kan

Noun

kapkan (definite accusative kapkanı, plural kapkannar)

1. trap, particularly a device designed to close and catch or kill animals such as a leg trap or a beartrap

   Synonym: kapan

Further reading

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 91