زنبركجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زنبركچی (zenberekçi)

Etymology

From زنبرك (zenberek, “crossbow; coil spring”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

زنبركجی • (zenberekci)

1. crossbowman, arbalest, a soldier equipped with a crossbow
2. someone armed with a swivel gun, crutch-gun or similar weapon
3. maker or seller of coil springs or tools provided with such springs

Descendants

• Turkish: zemberekçi
• →⇒ Armenian: Զեմպերեկճյան (Zemperekčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zemberekçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5452
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زنبركچی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 2470
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنبركجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1015