Proto-Turkic: *Kapɨrčak, *Kapsak
Meaning: 1 box, coffin 2 basket
Russian meaning: 1 ящик, гроб 2 корзина
Karakhanid: qapɨrčaq 1,2 (MK)
Turkish: koburčuk, dial. kapurǯak 1, dial. kabzak, kabsak 2
Turkmen: Gapɨrǯaq 1
Chuvash: > Hung. koporsó 1 (see Gombocz 1912)
Comments: EDT 587, ЭСТЯ 5, 276-278. Tekin (1979, 127) cites Uygh. qapɨz 'coffin', but we were unable to find the word either in Old or Mod. Uyghur. Perhaps he meant Karakh. xafsɨ 'small box' (MK, see EDT 587). Brockelmann derived the word from Lat. capsa through Syr. qafsā, but a loan in Turkic < Syr. is not quite probable, and the word might well be genuine. But modern forms: Tur. dial. kapsa 'box, chest', (CCum.) qapsa 'box, coffin' may well be < Syr. (cf. ЭСТЯ 5, 277).
