keskin nişancı
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of keskin (“sharp”) + nişancı (“shooter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keskin nişancı (definite accusative keskin nişancıyı, plural keskin nişancılar)
- sniper (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “keskin nişancı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keskin nişancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2510