یوفقه

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Ottoman Turkish

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یوفقه

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yubka (thin (of flat objects));[1] cognate with Bashkir йоҡа (yoqa), Kazakh жұқа (jūqa), Kyrgyz жука (juka), Kumyk юкъкъа (yuqqa), Southern Altai јука (ǰuka), Turkmen ýuka, Uyghur يۇپقا (yupqa) and Uzbek yupqa.

Adjective

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یوفقه (yufka)

  1. thin, having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
    Synonym: اینچه (inçe)
  2. brittle, friable, crisp, easily broken into small fragments or crumbles

Derived terms

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Noun

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یوفقه (yufka)

  1. yufka, a thin, round, unleavened flatbread found in Turkish cuisine

Descendants

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  • Turkish: yufka
  • Armenian: յուֆխա (yufxa)
  • Bulgarian: юфка́ (jufká)
  • English: yufka
  • Macedonian: јуфка (jufka)
  • Romanian: iofca

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jubka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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