Where does “топтан” come from?

топтан (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوپدن, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

топтан (Macedonian): wholesale, collectively

Definitions

  1. wholesale, collectively

Ancestry of “топтан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوپدنwholesale
2Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
3Old Turkictōp—
Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپدن →