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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From طوپجی (topcu, “artilleryman”) + ـلق (-luk, “-ness, -hood”).
Noun
طوپجیلق • (topculuk)
- artillery, an army unit that uses large guns or projectile weapons
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “topçuluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4865
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوپجیلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 811
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپجیلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1249