топчан

Russian

Alternative forms

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 • (topčánm inan (genitive топчана́, nominative plural топчаны́, genitive plural топчано́в, relational adjective топча́нный)

  1. trestle bed, wooden bed
  2. a kind of outdoor furniture used in Central Asia
  3. a kind of backless couch

Declension

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