جانبازخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of جانباز (cambaz, “acrobat, tumbler”) +‎ خانه (hâne, “place”).

Noun

جانبازخانه • (cambazhâne) (definite accusative جانبازخانه‌یی (cambazhâneyi), plural جانبازخانه‌لر (cambazhâneler))

1. circus, a traveling company of acrobats, tumblers, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent

Descendants

• Turkish: cambazhane
• → Armenian: ջամբազխանա (ǰambazxana)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “جانباز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 520
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cambazhane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 746