نزكب
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Probably from Middle Armenian մազկապ (mazkap), from մազ (maz, “hair”) + կապ (kap, “tie”).
Noun
نزكب • (nezkeb or nezgep)
- coif (woman's head covering)
Descendants
- Turkish: nezgep
- → Armenian: նեզկեպ (nezkep), մեզկեպ (mezkep)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) , “մազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 321b
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 475, page 101
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “nezgep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “نزكب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2079