قپان

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Ottoman Turkish

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قپان

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kapgan (trap), a development of *kap- (to snatch, take; to bite), whence قاپامق (kapamak, to close, shut).

Noun

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قپان (kapan)

  1. trap, snare, any contrivance designed to catch wild animals
    Synonyms: بالان (balan), دام (dam), طوزاق (tuzak)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Turkish: kapan
  • Armenian: խափան (xapʻan), խափխան (xapʻxan)
  • Romanian: capcană

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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قپان

From Classical Persian قپان (qapān, stilyard).

Noun

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قپان (kapan)

  1. steelyard, a transportable balance with unequal arm lengths
    Synonym: قنطار (kantar)
Descendants
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Further reading

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάμπανος (kámpanos), γάμπανος (gámpanos), from Latin campāna.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qapān
Dari reading? qapān
Iranian reading? ğapân
Tajik reading? qapon

Noun

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قپان (qapân)

  1. stilyard

Descendants

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