كلاپیر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • كلپير

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Northern Kurdish kelep’ûr (“inheritance; anything acquired at no cost (e.g., as inheritance); anything acquired dishonestly at no cost”), Central Kurdish [script needed] (kełepûr, “things left for relatives after the death of a relation; cheap, free (of charge)”).

Noun

كلاپیر • (kelepir)

  1. steal (merchandise available at a very attractive price)

Descendants
  • Turkish: kelepir
  • → Albanian: qelepir
  • → Armenian: քելեփիր (kʻelepʻir), քելեփուր (kʻelepʻur)
  • → Greek: κελεπούρι (kelepoúri)
  • → Laz: ქელეჶური (kelefuri)
  • → Romanian: chilipir n

Further reading
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “kelep’ûr”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume II, London: Transnational Press, pages 385–386
  • Dankoff, Robert (1991) An Evliya Çelebi Glossary: Unusual, Dialectal and Foreign Words in the Seyahat-name (Sources of oriental languages and literatures; 14)‎, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, page 48
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kelepir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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