طبانجه

Ottoman Turkish
طبانجه
طبانجه

Alternative forms

Etymology

From طبان‎ (taban, “sole of a foot”) +‎ ـجه‎ (-ca).

Noun

طبانجه • (tabanca)

  1. palm of the hand
  2. slap, box with the flat hand
  3. trigger, lock of a gun, what the hand reaches for on a firearm to launch it
  4. pistol, handgun

Descendants

References
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “طبانجه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3083
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “طبنجه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3088
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “طبانجه”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 594
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