منجنیق
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منجنیق
See also: منجنيق
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- منجلیق (mancılık)
- մէնճէնիգ (mencenik), մէնճէնըգ (mencenık), մէնճէլիք (mencelik) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq, “ballista, catapult”), ultimately from Ancient Greek μαγγανικά (manganiká).
Pronunciation
Noun
منجنیق • (mencenik or mancınık) (definite accusative منجنیغی (menceniği), plural منجنیقات (mencenikat))
- trebuchet, ballista, catapult, mangonel, siege engine, any large weapon for throwing objects
- Synonym: چرخ (çarh)
- jackscrew, screwjack, a mechanical lifting device which is operated by turning a leadscrew
Derived terms
- منجنیقجی (mancınıkcı, “worker of ballistas or jackscrews”)
- منجنیقدن آتمق (mancınıkdan atmak, “to throw a man from a ballista”)
- منجنیقی (mencenikî, “pertaining to a ballista”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mancınık1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3045
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “منجنیق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 462b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “منجنیق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1230
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Manganum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1002
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “منجنیق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4946
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mancınık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منجنیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1994
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | manjanīq |
| Dari reading? | manjanīq |
| Iranian reading? | manjaniğ |
| Tajik reading? | manjaniq |
Noun
| Dari | منجنیق |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | манҷаниқ |
منجنیق • (manjaniq)