قپان

Ottoman Turkish

قپان

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kapgan (trap), a development of *kap- (to snatch, take; to bite), whence قاپامق (kapamak, to close, shut).

Noun

قپان • (kapan)

  1. trap, snare, any contrivance designed to catch wild animals
    Synonyms: بالان (balan), دام (dam), طوزاق (tuzak)
Derived terms
  • فاره قپانی (fare kapanı, mouse trap)
  • قپان قورمق (kapan kurmak, to set a trap)
  • قپانجه (kapanca, small trap)
Descendants
  • Turkish: kapan
  • Romanian: capcană

Further reading

Etymology 2

قپان

From Classical Persian قپان (qapān, stilyard).

Noun

قپان • (kapan)

  1. steelyard, a transportable balance with unequal arm lengths
    Synonym: قنطار (kantar)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κάμπανος (kámpanos), γάμπανος (gámpanos), from Latin campāna.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qä.pʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qä.pʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qä.pʰɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? qapān
Dari reading? qapān
Iranian reading? ğapân
Tajik reading? qapon

Noun

قپان • (qapân)

  1. stilyard

Descendants

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