طوپراق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

طوپراق • (ṭopraq) (definite accusative طپراغی (ṭopraġı), plural طپراقلر (ṭopraqlar))

  1. alternative spelling of طپراق (ṭopraq, “earth, soil, ground”)

Adjective

طوپراق • (ṭopraq)

  1. alternative spelling of طپراق (ṭopraq, “earthen”)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018), Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 658

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طپراق (ṭopraq), from Proto-Turkic *toprak (“earth, soil”). Cognate with Azerbaijani torpaq, Bashkir тупраҡ (tupraq), Chuvash тӑпра (tăpra), Kazakh топырақ (topyraq), Kyrgyz топурак (topurak), Turkmen toprak, Uyghur تۇپراق (tupraq) and Uzbek tuproq.

Noun

طوپراق • (toprak) (definite accusative طوپراغی (toprağı), plural طوپراقلر (topraklar))

  1. earth, soil, ground, a mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth
    Synonyms: ارض (arz), تراب (türâb), زمین (zemin)
  2. land, terrain, a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be built
    Synonyms: اراضی (arazi), قاره (kara)
  3. country, region, territory, district, land, tract, a geographical area of considerable but indefinite extent
    Synonyms: ارض (arz), اولكا (ülke), ایل (il), تراب (türâb), ناحیه (nâhiye)
    • 1898, Ismail Hakkı, Ali Reşad, بسمارق [Bismark]‎[1], page 15:
      براندبورغ و پومه‌رانیا طوپراغنده نشو و نما بولان بسمارق عائله‌سی شدت و متانت افكاره مالك، جنكاور ذوات یتشدیرمكله شهرت بولمشدر.
      Brandburğ ve Pomeranya toprağında nesvünema bulan Bismark ailesi şiddet ve metanet efkara malın, cengâver zevat yetiştirmekle şöhret bulmuştur.
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  4. potter's clay, a plastic clay that does not contain iron, suitable for making earthenware and stoneware

Adjective

طوپراق • (toprak)

  1. earthen, made of earth or mud, or made of clay, especially said of pottery

Derived terms

  • بابالر طوپراغی (babalar toprağı, “ancestral land”)
  • جیویق طوپراق (cıvık toprak, “clayey earth”)
  • خام طوپراق (ham toprak, “virgin land”)
  • طوپراق آلمق (toprak almak, “to conquer territory”)
  • طوپراق ابریق (toprak ıbrık, “earthen waterpot”)
  • طوپراق ایشی (toprak işi, “earthenwork”)
  • طوپراق باتمق (toprak batmak, “to sink into the earth”)
  • طوپراق بویا (toprak boya, “earth used as a pigment”)
  • طوپراق تنجره (toprak tencere, “earthen pot”)
  • طوپراق رنكی (toprak rengi, “earth-color”)
  • طوپراق صاحبی (toprak sâhibi, “landowner”)
  • طوپراق صوقاق (toprak sokak, “unpaved street”)
  • طوپراق قلعه (toprak kalʼe, “Toprakkale, a district of Turkey”)
  • طوپراق كیرمك (toprak girmek, “to enter a territory”)
  • طوپراقلامق (topraklamak, “to mix or cover with earth”)
  • طوپراقلانمق (topraklanmak, “to become mixed with earth”)
  • طوپراقلو (topraklı, “mixed or covered with earth”)
  • قره طوپراق (kara toprak, “tomb”, literally “black earth”)
  • قوتلو طوپراق (kutlu toprak, “strong earth”)
  • قورو طوپراق (kuru toprak, “bare earth”)
  • لكه طوپراغی (leke toprağı, “fuller's earth”)
  • لوله‌جی طوپراغی (lüleci toprağı, “piper's earth”)
  • یاصدق طوپراغی (yasdık toprağı, “fine earth for a seedbed”)
  • یاغلو طوپراق (yağlı toprak, “fertile soil”)
  • یشیل طوپراق (yeşil toprak, “green earth”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: toprak, (dialectal) topurak

Further reading

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