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Where does “քյարփինջ” come from?

քյարփինջ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish كرپیچ, from Proto-Turkic *kerpič.

քյարփինջ (Armenian): brick; diamond

Definitions

  1. brick; diamond

Ancestry of “քյարփինջ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكرپیچ—
2Proto-Turkic*kerpič—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kerpič →