طوپجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طوپ (top, “cannon, artillery”) +‎ ـجی (-çu, “occupational suffix”).

Noun

طوپجی • (topçu)

  1. (military) gunner, artilleryman, a soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery

Derived terms

  • طوپجی باشی (topçu başı, “master general of artillery”)
  • طوپجیلق (topçuluk, “artillery”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: topçu
  • → Armenian: թոփչի (tʻopʻčʻi), ⇒ Թոփչյան (Tʻopʻčʻyan)
  • → Romanian: topciu

Further reading

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