Çupra
Sparus aurata
#nm_0477📍 Turkish Aegean
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- Chupra
- IPA
- /tʃupˈɾa/
Historically older form, attested as çupra in Lehce-i Osmânî (Ahmed Vefik Paşa, 1876) — the earliest known record ↳ Nişanyan Sözlük treats çupra as the etymological base form, glossed as balık kılçığı (fish bone) ↳ From Modern Greek τσιπούρα tsipoúra, itself from Ancient Greek ἵππουρος híppouros (horse-tailed fish) ↳ Dominant colloquial form in İzmir and the Aegean coast; the standardized Çipura likely arose later via vowel epenthesis
Identifying marks: black mark on cheek with orange spot below. Wild (deniz) vs farmed (çiftlik) distinction. Size-based naming in Aegean tradition.