كۆپۈك

Uyghur

Alternative forms
  • كۆۋۈك (köwük)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köpük,[1] from *köp- (“to swell, to foam”).[2] Cognates with Southern Altai кӧбӱк (köbük), Kumyk гёбюк (göbük), Turkish köpük.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /køpyk/

Noun

كۆپۈك • (köpük) (plural كۆپۈكلەر (köpükler))

  1. foam, froth

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “köpük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 689
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*köp-”, 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
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