The etymology of Karaim kybyn ‘pie’

Henryk Jankowski

henko@amu.edu.pl
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Wydział Neofilologii, Katedra Studiów Azjatyckich (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-1204

Abstract

The article presents the etymology of Karaim kybyn ‘pie’ already proposed by Ananiasz Zajączkowski from a Turkic verb that is only evidenced in Turkish. The word kybyn is known only in Karaim. The same verb is thought to be a base of another derived word, kybty ‘scissors, shears’, which is attested in more Turkic languages from Old Turkic onwards. The etymology of kybty was also postulated by Ananiasz Zajączkowski and approved by later researchers. The article gives new evidence, examines the meaning and the history of the Turkish (göz) kıp- ‘to wink’ and a possible relation of the verb kıp- to kırp- and kırk- ‘to clip, to shear’. It is worth noting that kybyn is nowadays one of the best recognizable products of Karaim culture in Lithuania.


Keywords:

Kybyn ‘pie’, Karaim, etymology, related words

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Jankowski, H. (2021). The etymology of Karaim kybyn ‘pie’. Karaim Almanac, 10, 61–71. https://doi.org/10.33229/ak.2021.10.4

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Henryk Jankowski 
henko@amu.edu.pl
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Wydział Neofilologii, Katedra Studiów Azjatyckich Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-1204

Profesor w Katedrze Studiów Azjatyckich Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Językoznawca, turkolog i hungarysta, założyciel poznańskiej turkologii. Jest autorem i współautorem blisko 200 publikacji, w tym kilku książek i wielu artykułów, publikowanych w polskich i światowych wydawnictwach, takich jak De Gruyter, Brill i Harrassowitz, zapraszany do udziału w wydawnictwach ogólnych i monograficznych, takich jak Handbook of Jewish Languages, Word-formation: An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe, Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Encyclopedia of Turkic Language and Linguistics (w przygotowaniu). Przez wiele lat zajmował się turkijskimi językami Krymu, krymskotatarskim, krymskotureckim, krymskokaraimskim i krymczackim. Inne języki z obszaru jego zainteresowań to turecki, kazachski, kirgiski i uzbecki. Wiele prac poświęcił też piśmiennictwu Tatarów litewsko-polskich.



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