تفنكجی

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

تفنكجی

Etymology[edit]

تفنك (tüfenk) +‎ ـجی (-çi).

Noun[edit]

تفنكجی (tüfenkçi)

  1. musketeer, rifleman
  2. gunsmith
  3. policeman

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: tüfekçi

Further reading[edit]

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “تفنكجی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 1298