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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From زنبرك (zenberek, “crossbow; coil spring”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
زنبركجی • (zenberekci)
- crossbowman, arbalest, a soldier equipped with a crossbow
- someone armed with a swivel gun, crutch-gun or similar weapon
- maker or seller of coil springs or tools provided with such springs
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zemberekçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5452
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زنبركچی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2470
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنبركجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1015