qâpaq

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		قاپاق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)amak, *k(i)apak (“forehead; front; part; eyelid; eyebrow”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qabaq, Turkish kabak, and Khakas хамах (xamax, “forehead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaːpaq/

Dialectal forms

• (Bon Chinar) IPA^(key): [ɢɔ̞ːpaχ]
• (Chahak, Mushakiyeh) IPA^(key): [ɢɒːpaχ]
• (Dermanak) IPA^(key): [ɢɒːpɑˑχ]
• (Hasanabad) IPA^(key): [ɢɔ̞ːpɒːq]
• (Kacha-ye Chahardeh) IPA^(key): [ɢɔːpɒqʰ]
• (Mehrzamin) IPA^(key): [ɢɒːpɑːχ], [ɢɒːpɑq]
• (Qorqor) IPA^(key): [ɢaˑpɑχ]
• (Vasheqan) IPA^(key): [ɢɔ̞ːpɑːq], [ɢaːpaq]

Noun

qâpaq (definite accusative qâpaqı, plural qâpaqlar)

1. forehead

   Synonyms: hâlın, pêşânı

Declension

Declension of qâpaq

	singular	plural
nominative	qâpaq	qâpaqlar
genitive	qâpaqııñ	qâpaqlarııñ
dative	qâpaqqa	qâpaqlarqa
definite accusative	qâpaqı	qâpaqları
locative	qâpaqça	qâpaqlarça
ablative	qâpaqda	qâpaqlarda
instrumental	qâpaqla	qâpaqlarla
equative	qâpaqvâra	qâpaqlarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)amak / *K(i)apak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill