tepe

Meaning

  1. hill
  2. top, peak
  3. apex, vertex
  4. crest, crown

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/teˈpɛ/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish تپه (tepe, “crown of the head, apex, summit, mountain peak, hill”), from Old Anatolian Turkish دَپَه (depe), تَپَه (tepe), from Proto-Turkic *tepe (“hill, top; top of head”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇 (töpü, “height”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (töpü, “top of head”), Karakhanid [script needed] (töpü, “summit of a mountain, hill, crown of a head”), Yakut төбө (töbö, “top, summit”), Azerbaijani təpə, Gagauz tepä.

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