tapança
Appearance
Azerbaijani
[edit]| Cyrillic | тапанча | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | classical sp | تپانچه |
| modern Iranian sp | تاپانچا | |
Etymology
[edit]Most likely reborrowed from Persian تپانچه (tapânča), from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “palm of the hand; slap; trigger of a gun; handgun”), derived from طبان (taban, “sole”), corresponding to Azerbaijani daban (“heel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapança (definite accusative tapançanı, plural tapançalar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tapança | tapançalar |
| definite accusative | tapançanı | tapançaları |
| dative | tapançaya | tapançalara |
| locative | tapançada | tapançalarda |
| ablative | tapançadan | tapançalardan |
| definite genitive | tapançanın | tapançaların |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “tapança”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 265