තුවක්කුව

Sinhalese

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تُفَکْ (tufak), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تفك (tüfek). Cognate with Tamil துப்பாக்கி (tuppākki), Malayalam തോക്ക് (tōkkŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uʋəkə.kuʋə/

Noun

තුවක්කුව • (tuwakkuwa)

1. gun, rifle, musket

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “තුවක්කුව”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.