واپور

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From French vapeur (“steamship”).

Noun

واپور • (vapor, vapur) (definite accusative واپوری‎ (vapuru))

  1. steamer, steamship, steamboat

Descendants
  • Turkish: vapur, bapur, bafur, bapır, babır, papur, papor
  • → Armenian: վափոր (vapʿor), վափուր (vapʿur), պաֆոռ (pafoṙ), փաֆոռ (pʿafoṙ)
  • → Laz: ვაფური (vapuri), ვაფოჲი (vapoyi)
  • → South Levantine Arabic: بابور‎ (bābōr, “ship”)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1951), “վափօր”, in Ewropakan pʿoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 145
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “واپور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120
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