توپۇق

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *topïk.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish topuk (“heel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /topuq/

Noun

توپۇق • (topuq) (plural توپۇقلار (topuqlar))

  1. (anatomy) kneecap, patella
  2. A toy made of animal patella.
  3. (pathology) sarcoma

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “topuk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*topɨk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.