چپت

چپت

Persian

Etymology

Related to Chorasmian čābātān‎ (“thick boots”). Possibly loaned to Romance words such as Spanish zapato, French savate, Italian ciabatta, etc.; possibly related to Turkish zabata and Tatar čabata (“overshoes”), which are from Turkish çapıt, çaput (“patchwork, tatters”), from Old Turkic čapmaq‎ (čapmaq, “to slap on”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæˈpʰætʰ]

Noun

چپت • (čapat)

1. a traditional leather shoe made in Khorasan

Derived terms

• چپت‌دوزی‎ (čapat-duzi)

References

• “چپت” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “چپت” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN