تفنك

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See also: تفنگ

Ottoman Turkish

تفنك
تفنك

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Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish, a Turkic onomatopoeia, Karakhanid (tüwek) in Dīwān Luḡāt at-Turk meaning a blowpipe shooting pebbles against birds (imagined as sounding tüf!). Modern cognates include Azerbaijani tüfəng, Turkmen tüpeň and Nogai туьбек (tübek).

Pronunciation

Noun

تفنك • (tüfenk) (plural تفنكلر (tüfenkler))

  1. rifle, fusil, musket, arquebus, tophaike
    كوچك تفنك ― küçük tüfenk ― pistol
    آت تفنگی ― at tüfengi ― pistol
    آو تفنگی ― av tüfengi ― hunting-rifle
    طبنجه تفنگی ― tabanca tüfengi ― rifle with gunlock
    طالیان تفنگی ― dalyan tüfengi ― blunderbuss
    ششخانه ناملیلیو تفنك ― şeşhane namlılü tüfenk ― rifled rifle
    تفنك ناملیسی ― tüfenk namlısı ― rifle barrel
    تفنك قونداغی ― tüfenk kundağı ― rifle butt
    تفنك قبوری ― tüfenk kuburı ― pistol holster
    تفنك فندغی ― tüfenk funduğı ― bullet, dot
    تفنك گوله‌سی / نفنك گله‌سی ― tüfenk gülesi ― bullet, dot
    تفنگڭ فالیه‌سی ― tüfengün falyası ― flash pan; touch hole
    تفنك چبوغی ― tüfenk çubuğı ― gun-stick, rod for stuffing the gun with bullets
    تفنك بورغوسی ― tüfenk burğusı ― wad-hook, packing-worm, rod for extracting bullets from the gun
    تفنگی قورمق ― tüfengi kurmak ― to load the gun, to cock the rifle
    تفنگی طولدرمق ― tüfengi doldurmak ― to load the gun, to stuff the rifle
    تفنگی آتمق ― tüfengi atmak ― to launch the gun, to shoot the rifle
    تفنگی بوشتمق ― tüfengi boşatmak ― to launch the gun, to shoot the rifle, to discharge the musket
    تفنك آتیجی ― tüfenk atıcı ― musketeer, rifleman

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Further reading

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎ (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 447
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تفنك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 387
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “تفنك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 1296–1298
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تفنك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 573
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