nişancı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نشانجی (nişancı, “shooter, marksman”). Equivalent to nişan (“target”) +‎ -cı.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ʃanˈd͡ʒɯ/
• Hyphenation: ni‧şan‧cı

Noun

nişancı (definite accusative nişancıyı, plural nişancılar)

1. shooter, marksman

   Synonym: atıcı

2. (history) Former title of an officer of the Ottoman Government, whose duty is to inscribe the Sultan's imperial cypher over all imperial letters-patent.

Derived terms

• keskin nişancı
• kör nişancı
• nişancılık

 

Further reading

• “nişancı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nişancı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nişancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3480