كرپك

Ottoman Turkish

كرپكلر

Alternative forms

  • كرپیك (kirpik)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kirpik (eyelash); cognate with Azerbaijani kirpik, Bashkir керпек (kerpek), Chuvash хӑрпӑк (hărp̬ăk), Kazakh кірпік (kırpık), Kyrgyz кирпик (kirpik), Tatar керфек (kerfek), Turkmen kirpik, Uyghur كىرپىك (kirpik) and Uzbek kiprik.

Noun

كرپك (kirpik)

  1. eyelash, one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids
    Synonym: مژه (müje)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kirpik
  • Armenian: Քիրփիքյան (Kʿirpʿikʿyan)

Further reading

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