كرپیچ

Ottoman Turkish

كرپیچلر

Alternative forms

  • كرپچ (kerpiç), كرپیج (kerpic)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kerpič (brick);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani kərpic, Bashkir кирбес (kirbes), Karakhanid كَرْبِجْ (kerbic, kerpiç), Kazakh кірпіш (kırpış), Southern Altai кирпич (kirpič) and Uyghur كىرپىچ (kirpich).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cɛɾˈpit͡ʃ], [ciɾˈpit͡ʃ]

Noun

كرپیچ • (kerpiç, kirpiç)

  1. mudbrick, adobe, an unfired brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw
    Synonym: لبن (libn)

Derived terms

  • كرپیچ كسلمك (kerpiç kesilmek, to be turned into a mudbrick)
  • كرپیچ كسمك (kerpiç kesmek, to cut out mudbricks)
  • كرپیچجی (kerpiçci, maker or seller of mudbricks)

Descendants

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kerpiç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 737

Further reading

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