تفنكجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

تفنك (tüfenk) +‎ ـجی (-çi).

Noun

تفنكجی • (tüfenkçi)

  1. musketeer, rifleman
  2. gunsmith
  3. policeman

Descendants

  • Turkish: tüfekçi
  • → Albanian: dyfekçi
  • → Bulgarian: тюфекчия (tjufekčija)
  • → Macedonian: туфекчија (tufekčija)
  • → Romanian: tufecciu
  • → Serbo-Croatian: туфѐкчија / tufèkčija

Further reading

  • 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
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