منجنیقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From منجنیق (mancınık, “trebuchet, ballista, catapult”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

منجنیقجی • (mancınıkcı)

  1. catapulter, a worker of trebuchets, ballistas, catapults, or similar siege engines

Descendants

  • Turkish: mancınıkçı

Further reading

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