English
topee
Topee comes from Hindi टोपी ‘hat’, and goes back to Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀝𑁄𑀧𑀺𑀆 ‘helmet’.
- Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀝𑁄𑀧𑀺𑀆‘helmet’
- Urdumodernٹوپیṭōpī‘hat’
- Hindic. 1500–presentटोपीṭopī‘hat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1933topee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀝𑁄𑀧𑀺𑀆‘helmet’
- Urdumodernٹوپیṭōpī‘hat’
- Hindic. 1500–presentटोपीṭopī‘hat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1933topee
Earliest quotation: 1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon: “I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely…”
Every English word from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀝𑁄𑀧𑀺𑀆
Today it means
noun A pith helmet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀝𑁄𑀧𑀺𑀆 / topee