nişancı
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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نشانجی (nişancı, “shooter, marksman”). Equivalent to nişan (“target”) + -cı.
Pronunciation
Noun
nişancı (definite accusative nişancıyı, plural nişancılar)
- shooter, marksman
- Synonym: atıcı
- (history) Former title of an officer of the Ottoman Government, whose duty is to inscribe the Sultan's imperial cypher over all imperial letters-patent.
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Further reading
- “nişancı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “nişancı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nişancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3480