տիւմէնճի

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دومنجی (dümenci). Equivalent to տիւմէն (tiwmēn) +‎ -ճի (-či).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /dʏmenˈd͡ʒi/, [dʏmend͡ʒí]

Noun

տիւմէնճի • (tiwmēnči) (Istanbul, traditional orthography)

1. (nautical) helmsman

   Synonym: ղեկավար (ġekavar)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տիւմէնճի”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 339
• Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “տիւմէնճի”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 524a