زنبركجی
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- زنبركچی (zenberekçi)
Etymology
[edit]From زنبرك (zenberek, “crossbow; coil spring”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]زنبركجی • (zenberekci)
- crossbowman, arbalest, a soldier equipped with a crossbow
- someone armed with a swivel gun, crutch-gun or similar weapon
- maker or seller of coil springs or tools provided with such springs
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: zemberekçi
- →⇒ Armenian: Զեմպերեկճյան (Zemperekčyan)
Further reading
[edit]- 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