топчан
Russian
Alternative forms
- тапчан (tapčan) — Turkestanian furniture
Etymology
From Turkic, from Middle Chinese 道場 probably via Mongolian, a calque of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa). Compare Ukrainian тапчан (tapčan) and Polish tapczan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɐpˈt͡ɕan]
Noun
топча́н • (topčán) m inan (genitive топчана́, nominative plural топчаны́, genitive plural топчано́в, relational adjective топча́нный)
- trestle bed, wooden bed
- a kind of outdoor furniture used in Central Asia
- a kind of backless couch
Declension
Declension of топча́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b)
Descendants
- → Dolgan: тапчан
- → Armenian: տապչան (tapčʻan)
- → Georgian: ტაპჩანი (ṭaṗčani)
Further reading
- Stachowski, Marek (1998) “tapčan”, in Dolganischer Wortschatz: Supplementband[1] (in German), Kraków: Jagiellonian University, page 229