Where does “çap” come from?
çap (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian چاپ, from Hindi छाप, from Hindi छापना, from Proto-Indo-Aryan chapp-.
çap (Azerbaijani): print, type
Ancestry of “çap”, step by step
çap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian چاپ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | چاپ | printing; print; publishing |
| 2 | Hindi | छाप | stamp, marking, impression; stamp; mould |
| 3 | Hindi | छापना | to print |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | chapp- | — |
via Ottoman Turkish چاپ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | چاپ | calibre, diameter of a ball, rod, or bore; the... |
| 2 | Armenian | չափ | limit, degree; size; measure |
| 3 | Old Armenian | չափ | measure; that by which any thing is measured;... |