یاپاغی

Ottoman Turkish

یاپاغی

Alternative forms

  • یاپق‎ (yapak), یپاغی‎ (yapağı), یپاق‎ (yapak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yapagu (“fleece”), probably from *yap- (“to strike, pound; do, make, arrange”); cognate with Hungarian gyapjú and Tatar yabağa.

Noun

یاپاغی • (yapağı)

  1. fleece, the hair or wool of a sheep

Derived terms

  • یاپاغی ساطوری‎ (yapağı saturı, “hog fennel”)
  • یاپاغیجی‎ (yapağıcı, “wool merchant”)
  • یاپاغیلو‎ (yapağılı, “fleeced; fleecy”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yapağı
  • → Armenian: յափաղի (yapʿałi)

Further reading

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