zangoç
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Armenian ժամկոչ (žamkočʻ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zangoç (definite accusative zangocu, plural zangoçlar)
- sexton (church official who looks after a church and act as a bell-ringer)
- Küçük kilisede zangoç olarak çalışıyordu
- He was working as a sexton in a/the small church
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 224a
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 188, page 52
- Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “zangoç”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 2498a