یاپی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یاپو (yapu)

Etymology

From یاپمق (yapmak, “to do, make, arrange”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yapïġ, “building”), Karakhanid [script needed] (yapuġ, “building”), etc.

Noun

یاپی • (yapı)

1. building, edifice

   Synonym: بنا (bina)

2. a construction in progress

   Synonym: انشا (inşa)

3. the structure of any composite whole

Derived terms

• یاپیجی (yapıcı)
• یاپیلی (yapılı)

Related terms

• یاپمق (yapmak)

Descendants

• Turkish: yapı
• → Greek: γιαπί (giapí)
• → Armenian: յափու (yapʻu)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاپی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2179
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاپی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1334