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Turkish
Etymology
Unknown. Originally, a karagözcü slang (the puppeteer playing Karagöz).
Noun
zamazingo (definite accusative zamazingoyu, plural zamazingolar)
- (slang) an unnecessary gadget
- (slang) thingamabob, thingamajig (thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten)
- (slang) friend
- (slang) mistress
Declension
References
- Aktunç, Hulki (1998) “zamazingo”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zamazingo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zamazingo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5430
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980) “zamazingo”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1) (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 161a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zamazingo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “zamazingo”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 11, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1979, page 4345b