чӗрпӗк

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Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From either Proto-Turkic *čap- (eye pus) or *čel- (mucus discharged by the eye). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (čelpek, rheum), Turkish çapak, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʲø̆rʲpʲɘkʲ/

Noun[edit]

чӗрпӗк (čĕrp̬ĕk)

  1. rheum

Further reading[edit]

  • чӗрпӗк”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.