قامبور

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قانبور, قنبور

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κᾰμπῠ́λος (kampúlos).

Noun

قامبور • (kambur)

1. hump
2. hunchback

Descendants

• Turkish: kambur
• → Armenian: խամպուռ (xampuṙ)
• → Greek: καμπούρα (kampoúra)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kambur”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قامبور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 935b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قنبور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 973b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kambur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük