көпшә

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Tatar

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Etymology

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Doublet of Tatar көпчәк (köpçäk, “nave, wheel hub”), borrowed from Volga Bulgar. Cognate with Chuvash кӗпҫе (kĕpśe), Bashkir көпшә (köpşə). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *küpček.[1]

Cognate with also Kazakh күпшек (küpşek), Kyrgyz күпчөк (küpcök).

Noun

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көпшә • (köpşä)

  1. tube, tubular trunk

References

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  1. ^ A. Róna-tas, “Some Volga Bulgarian Words in the Volga Kipchak Languages”, page 139.
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