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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زبقین (zıbkın).
Noun
zıpkın (definite accusative zıpkını, plural zıpkınlar)
- (fishing) spear, harpoon
1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir”, in Son Posta, page 5:Sünger zıpkınla, elbiseli ve eblisesiz dalgıçla, bir de gangava denilen ve denizin dibinde sürüklendirilen bir torbayla avlanır.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zıpkın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صاپقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1150
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN