قاپو

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Old Anatolian Turkish

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Etymology

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Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kap- (to close, cover).

Noun

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قاپو (qapu)

  1. door, gate
    • XIIIth century [from a XVth century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 8:
      اولوم بر قاپودور كچمك كركدر
      برابر انده سلطانیله چوپان
      Ölüm bir qapudur, gäčmäk gäräkdür
      bärābär anda sulṭān ile čōpān.
           Death is a gate, one has to pass [through it]
           A sultan and a shepherd are equal in it.

Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: qapı
  • Gagauz: kapu
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاپو (kapu, kapı), قپو (kapu, kapı), قاپی (kapı)

Ottoman Turkish

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قاپو

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A derivation of Proto-Turkic *kap- (to close).

Noun

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قاپو (kapu, kapı)

  1. gate, door
  2. office, service, agency, ministry, bureaucratic division

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkic.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qāpū
Dari reading? qāpū
Iranian reading? ğâpu
Tajik reading? qopu

Noun

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قاپو (qâpu)

  1. (in compounds) gate
    Synonym: دروازه (darvâze)

Derived terms

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