طوپوز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *topuz (“mace, club”), a development of *top (“round thing, ball”), from which طوپ (top, “ball, knob, globular object”).

Noun

طوپوز • (topuz)

  1. knob, a rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface
  2. mace, club, bludgeon, any heavy stick used as a weapon
    Synonyms: بوزطوغان (bozdoğan), دبوس (debbus), ششپر (şeşper), گرز (gürz)

Derived terms
  • طوپوزلق (topuzluk, “tormentil”)
  • طوپوزلو (topuzlu, “furnished with a knob”)
  • چادر طوپوزی (çadır topuzu, “ball surmounting a tentpole”)

Adjective

طوپوز • (topuz)

  1. (of a man) short and roundish

Descendants
  • Turkish: topuz
  • → Armenian: թոփուզ (tʻopʻuz), ⇒ Թոփուզյան (Tʻopʻuzyan)
  • → Romanian: topuz
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: то̀пуз
    Latin script: tòpuz

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