Where does “قابلی” come from?

قابلی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاب, from Old Anatolian Turkish قَابْ, from Proto-Turkic kāp — sack.

قابلی (Ottoman Turkish): possessed or furnished with a cover, envelope or receptacle

Definitions

  1. possessed or furnished with a cover, envelope or receptacle

Ancestry of “قابلی”, step by step

قابلی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قاب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقابcontainer
2Old Anatolian Turkishقَابْ—
3Proto-Turkickāpsack

via Ottoman Turkish ـلی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلی—
Every word from Proto-Turkic kāp →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قَابْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاب →