Where does “qalpsiz” come from?

qalpsiz (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar qalp, from Arabic قَلْب — to flip, to change.

qalpsiz (Crimean Tatar): heartless, cold-hearted

Definitions

  1. heartless, cold-hearted

Ancestry of “qalpsiz”, step by step

qalpsiz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar qalp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarqalpsoul
2Arabicقَلْبto flip, to change

via Crimean Tatar siz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarsizyou
Every word from Arabic قَلْب →