جانباز
Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانباز (jânbâz). [1]
Noun
جَانْبَازْ • (cānbāz)
- (literally) one who plays with their life/soul
- hero, valiant, brave one
- Synonym: یكد (yigid)
- 1360, Mevlâna Ibn Alâ, Dânişmendnâme:
- ملك دانشمند غازی، اول دین جانبازی، میدانه كیروب كافره مقابل اولدی
- mälik dānişmänd ġāzī, ol dīn cānbāzı, mäydāna girüp kāfirä muqābil oldı
- Malik Danişmand Gazi, that brave man of faith, entered the square and stood up against the kuffar
- someone who sells alive animals
Descendants
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cambaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “canbaz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 164
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جانباز (cānbāz), from Classical Persian جانباز (jânbâz, “one who plays with his life, hero”).
Noun
جانباز • (canbaz or cambaz) (definite accusative جانبازی (canbazı, cambazı), plural جانبازلر (canbazlar, cambazlar))
- acrobat, tumbler, an athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination
- horsedealer, rough rider, a dealer in horses or a person who breaks in and trains them
- Synonym: آت جانبازی (at cambazı)
- (figurative, derogatory) sly fox, rascal, trickster, rogue, a sly, crafty, or dishonest person
Derived terms
- آت جانبازی (at cambazı, “horse dealer; jockey”)
- آیاقلق جانبازی (ayaklık cambazı, “stiltwalker”)
- ایپ جانبازی (ip cambazı, “tightrope walker”)
- جانبازخانه (cambazhâne, “circus”)
- جانبازلق (cambazlık, “acrobatics”)
- جانبازی (cambazî, “acrobatics”)
Descendants
- Turkish: cambaz
- → Albanian: xhambaz
- → Armenian: ջամբազ (ǰambaz), ճամպազ (čampaz)
- → Macedonian: џамбаз (džambaz)
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “جانباز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 520
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cambaz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 746
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جانباز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جانباز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 431
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Funambulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 628
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جانباز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 1566
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cambaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جانباز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 638
Persian
Etymology
From جان (jân) + ـباز (-bâz).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːn.ˈbaːz/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːm.bɑːz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɒːm.bɒːz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔm.bɔz]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | jānbāz |
| Dari reading? | jānbāz |
| Iranian reading? | jânbâz |
| Tajik reading? | jonboz |
Noun
جانباز • (jânbâz) (plural جانبازان, or جانبازها)
- (literally) one who would offer up their life
- disabled war veteran