چاپاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čalp-; cognate with Uyghur [script needed] (çapak, “fump, (eye) gum”) and Karakhanid [script needed] (çalpak, “dirt”).

Noun

چاپاق • (çapak)

  1. sleep, gound, inspissated mucus in the eyelids

Derived terms

  • چاپاق بالغی‎ (çapak balığı, “carp bream”)
  • چاپاقلنمق‎ (çapaklanmak, “to become gummy”)
  • چاپاقلو‎ (çapaklı, “that has sleep on the eyelids”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çapak
  • → Armenian: չափախ (čʿapʿax)

Further reading

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