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”),[1] etc.
Noun
یاپی • (yapı)
- building, edifice
- Synonym: بنا (bina)
- a construction in progress
- the structure of any composite whole
Derived terms
- یاپیجی (yapıcı)
- یاپیلی (yapılı)
Related terms
- یاپمق (yapmak)
Descendants
- Turkish: yapı
- → Greek: γιαπί (giapí)
- → Armenian: յափու (yapʿu)
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یاپی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2179
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “یاپی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1334
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “یاپی”, in Nişanyan Sözlük