topur

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen topur, Kazakh топыр (topır).

Noun

topur

  1. The thorny outer shell of the chestnut.
  2. The green shell outside of the hazelnut.
  3. (dialectal) (Konya, İçel) Rough, bumpy area.
  4. (dialectal) (Ordu) Rough, fragmented soil.

References
  • “topur”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 10, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1978
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