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Where does “قپاق” come from?

قپاق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاپامق, from Proto-Turkic Kāp-.

Ancestry of “قپاق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقاپامقto close, to shut
2Proto-TurkicKāp-—
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