صوپه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

صوپا (sopa)

Etymology

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

Noun

صوپه • (sopa)

cudgel, bat, a stout stick with a rounded head used as a weapon
Synonyms: چوماق (çomak), كوتك (kötek)
ferule, a ruler-shaped instrument, used to slap children on the hand
Synonym: دگنك (değenek)
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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