капчык

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *qapčïq (small sack), a diminutive form from Proto-Turkic *kāp (sack).

Cognate with Kazakh қапшық (qapşyq, small sack), Karachay-Balkar къапчыкъ (qapçıq), Kumyk къапчыкъ (qapçıq), Kyrgyz капчык (kapcık, small sack), Uzbek qopchiq (small sack), Uyghur قاپچۇق (qapchuq, small sack), Khakas хапчых (xapçıx, small sack; purse).

Noun

капчык • (kapčïk)

  1. sack
  2. wallet

References

  • Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “капчык”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
  • Verbickij, V. I. (1884), “капчык”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan, page 128