منجنیق

See also: منجنيق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • منجلیق (mancılık)
  • մէնճէնիգ (mencenik), մէնճէնըգ (mencenık), մէնճէլիք (mencelik)Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq, ballista, catapult), ultimately from Ancient Greek μαγγανικά (manganiká).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛnd͡ʒɛˈnik/
  • (vulgarly also) IPA(key): /mɑnd͡ʒɑˈnɯk/, /mɑnd͡ʒɑˈɫɯk/

Noun

منجنیق • (mencenik or mancınık) (definite accusative منجنیغی (menceniği), plural منجنیقات (mencenikat))

  1. trebuchet, ballista, catapult, mangonel, siege engine, any large weapon for throwing objects
    Synonym: چرخ (çarh)
  2. jackscrew, screwjack, a mechanical lifting device which is operated by turning a leadscrew

Derived terms

  • منجنیقجی (mancınıkcı, worker of ballistas or jackscrews)
  • منجنیقدن آتمق (mancınıkdan atmak, to throw a man from a ballista)
  • منجنیقی (mencenikî, pertaining to a ballista)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mancınık, mancılık
  • Bulgarian: манджалък (mandžalǎk), манджулук (mandžuluk)
  • Romanian: mangealâc

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? manjanīq
Dari reading? manjanīq
Iranian reading? manjaniġ
Tajik reading? manjaniq

Noun

Dari منجنیق
Iranian Persian
Tajik манҷаниқ

منجنیق • (manjaniq)

  1. catapult