قولبه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē, hut), but not directly. A direct borrowing from Ancient Greek in Turkish is chronologically impossible, and a direct borrowing from later stages of Greek would have rendered β (b) with v, as indeed happened in the doublet kelif of this word from New Greek καλύβα (kalýva). According to Vasmer, the borrowing is via Bulgarian коли́ба (kolíba).[1]

Noun

قولبه • (kulübe or kulıba) (definite accusative قولبه‌یی (kulübeyi, kulıbayı), plural قولبه‌لر (kulübeler, kulıbalar))

  1. shed, booth, shack, hovel, shanty, a crude, roughly built hut or cabin for shelter or refuge
    Synonyms: باراقه (baraka), عریش (ʼariş)

Derived terms

  • بكجی قولبه‌سی (bekci kulübesi, sentry-box)
  • كویلو قولبه‌سی (köylü kulübesi, thatched hut)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kulübe

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1912), “Kritisches und Antikritisches zur neueren slavischen Etymologie”, in Rocznik slawistyczny (in German), volume 5, pages 138–142

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