# كوپری
## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* كورپی (körpi), كورپو (körpü)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *köpürüg (“bridge”); cognate with Azerbaijani körpü, Bashkir күпер (küper), Chuvash кӗпер (kĕp̬er), Kazakh көпір (köpır), Kyrgyz көпүрө (köpürö), Tatar күпер (küper), Turkmen köpri, Uyghur كۆۋرۈك (köwrük) and Uzbek koʻprik.

### Noun

كوپری • (köpri or köprü) (definite accusative كوپریی (köpriyi, köprüyü), plural كوپریلر (köpriler, köprüler))
* bridge, a construction that spans a divide, allowing for the passage of people and vehicles
    Synonyms: پل (pül), جسر (cisr), قنطره (kantara)
* cleat, a strip of wood or iron fastened onto something in order to give strength or hold position
* trigger guard, a loop surrounding the trigger of a weapon to keep it from accidental discharge

#### Derived terms

* آتلامه كوپری (atlama köpri, “pedestrian bridge”)
* آصمه كوپری (asma köpri, “drawbridge”)
* اكرتی كوپری (eğreti köpri, “temporary bridge”)
* اوزون كوپری (uzun köpri, “Uzunköprü, a district in Turkey”)
* اپولت كوپریسی (epolet köprisi, “shoulder strap of an epaulette”)
* دری كوپری (deri köpri, “bridge leaning on another one”)
* دوبه كوپری (duba köpri, “pontoon bridge”)
* سهپا كوپری (sehpa köpri, “trestle bridge”)
* سپت كوپری (sepet köpri, “gabion bridge”)
* صال كوپری (sal köpri, “raft bridge”)
* طاش كوپریسی (taş köprisi, “stone bridge”)
* طوقه كوپریسی (toka köprisi, “bridge of a buckle”)
* طومباز كوپری (tombaz köpri, “raft bridge”)
* طیار كوپری (tayyar köpri, “flying bridge”)
* قازیق كوپری (kazık köpri, “piloti bridge”)
* قالقار كوپری (kalkar köpri, “drawbridge”)
* كلید كوپریسی (kilid köprisi, “hasp of a lock”)
* كمان كوپریسی (keman köprisi, “bridge of a violin”)
* كوپری كوزلری (köpri gözleri, “arches of a bridge”)
* كوپریجك (köpricik, “collarbone”)
* كوپریجی (köprici, “toll-taker of a bridge”)
* كوپریلو (köprili, “bridged”)
* متحرك كوپری (mutaharrik köpri, “movable bridge”)
* چاتمه كوپری (çatma köpri, “frame bridge”)

#### Descendants

* Gagauz: köprü
* Turkish: köprü
* → Armenian: քէօփրիւ (kʻēōpʻriw)
* → Bulgarian: кюприя (kjuprija) (obsolete)
* → Egyptian Arabic: كوبري (kobrı)
* → Greek: κιοπρουλής (kioproulís)
* → Hijazi Arabic: كبري (kubri)
* → Ladino: kyupri, kopri
* → Macedonian: ќуприја (ḱuprija)
* → Serbo-Croatian: ћу̀прија/ćùprija

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كوپری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 651
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köprü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2787
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوپری”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 398a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوپری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1045
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pons”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1317
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوپری”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4050
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “köprü”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوپری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1580