طوپاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طوپ (top, “ball, sphere”) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

Adjective

طوپاق • (topak)

1. round, globular, orbicular, spherical, shaped like a ball

   Synonym: یومرو (yumru)

Noun

طوپاق • (topak)

1. lump, glob, a roundish and shapeless piece of a semisolid substance

   Synonym: یومرو (yumru)

2. fetlock, the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern in horses

   Synonym: طوپوق (topuk)

Descendants

• Turkish: topak
• → Armenian: թօփախ (tʻōpʻax)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “topak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4865
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوپاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 810
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “topak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1249