طورپیل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From French torpille.

Noun

طورپیل • (torpil)

1. torpedo

   Synonym: تورپیدو (torpido)

Descendants

• Turkish: torpil
• → Armenian: թօռփիլ (tʻōṙpʻil), թօռփին (tʻōṙpʻin)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “torpil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طورپیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 814
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورپیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1253