صوپه

Ottoman Turkish

صوپه

Alternative forms

Etymology

It evolved from the Persian word چوبه (čube, “stick, staff, rod”), showing the evolution of c/ç > /z/ typical of Anatolian dialects. Cognate with Azerbaijani zopa.

Noun

صوپه • (sopa)

  1. cudgel, bat, a stout stick with a rounded head used as a weapon
    Synonyms: چوماق (çomak), كوتك (kötek)
  2. ferule, a ruler-shaped instrument, used to slap children on the hand
    Synonym: دگنك (değenek)
  3. bastinado, a blow with a cudgel or stick, or a beating with sticks
    Synonyms: دگنك (değenek), طیاق (dayak), كوتك (kötek)

Derived terms

  • بكجی صوپه‌سی (bekci sopası, “watchman's staff”)
  • صوپه آتمق (sopa atmak, “to cudgel, to beat with a stick”)
  • صوپه یمك (sopa yemek, “to get a good cudgeling”)
  • صوپه‌لو (sopalı, “provided with a stick”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sopa, zopa
  • → Armenian: սօփա (sōpʻa), զոփա (zopʻa)
  • → Bulgarian: со́па (sópa)
  • → Georgian: ზოფა (zopa) — Adjara
  • → Greek: σόπα (sópa)
  • → Romanian: sopă
  • → Serbo-Croatian: со̀па/sòpa

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