طرپوش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic طَرْبُوش‎ (ṭarbūš, “fez, tarboosh”), itself from Persian ‎ (sarpuš). Doublet of سرپوش‎ (serpuş, “headgear”).

Noun

طرپوش • (tarpuş)

skullcap, any kind of small domed cap such as a kippah or a zucchetto

Descendants

Turkish: tarpuş

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tarpuş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4614
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “طرپوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 802
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “طرپوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1236

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