Proto-Turkic: *čEl
Meaning: 1 film, membrane 2 albugo 3 mucus discharged by the eye 4 unhusked rice 5 thin bread, cake 6 husk in grain
Russian meaning: 1 пленка, кожица, подмездрина 2 бельмо 3 глазной гной 4 неошелушенный рис 5 тонкая лепешка 6 шелуха в крупе
Karakhanid: čelpek 3 (MK)
Turkish: čel-tik 4; čelpik 3 (Red. only)
Tatar: cilen 'cow's afterbirth' (dial. КСТТ)
Middle Turkic: čelpek 5 (Sangl.)
Uzbek: čalpak 5
Uighur: čälpäk 5
Azerbaidzhan: čäl-tik 4
Turkmen: čelpek 5, čel-tik 6
Oyrat: čel 1, 2
Halaj: čäl-tik 4
Kirghiz: čel 1, 2, čelpek 5
Kazakh: šel 2, 'fat under skin', šelpek 5
Noghai: šel-te- 'to husk grain'
Karakalpak: šelpek 5
Comments: VEWT 103, EDT 418-419, Лексика 392. Ogh. čel-tik > Pers. čaltuk, šaltūk (despite VEWT 104). Turk. čelpek > Pers. čalpak (TMN 3, 1111). The meaning 'eye pus, mucus' in *čel-pek developed under the influence of the similar *čapak (see under *čap- 'plaster'), but the two roots should be clearly distinguished (despite EDT 418).
