tüfek
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Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish تفنك (tüfenk). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (tüwek), a Turkic onomatopoeia attested in Dīwān Luḡāt at-Turk meaning a blowpipe shooting pebbles against birds.
Cognate with Turkmen tüpeň, Azerbaijani tüfəng, Nogai туьбек (tübek), etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tüfek (definite accusative tüfeği, plural tüfekler)
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tüfek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu