Where does “توپ” come from?
توپ (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian توپ, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.
توپ (Urdu): heap; pile; cluster
Ancestry of “توپ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | توپ | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طوپ | ball; knob; cannon |
| 3 | Old Turkic | tōp | — |