تفنك

See also: تفنگ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

توفنك (tüfenk), تفك (tüfek)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish, a Turkic onomatopoeia, Karakhanid تُڤَك (tüwek) in Dīwān Luḡāt at-Turk meaning a blowpipe shooting pebbles against birds (imagined as sounding tüf!). Modern cognates include Azerbaijani tüfəng, Turkmen tüpeň and Nogai туьбек (tübek).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tyˈfɛɲc]

Noun

تفنك • (tüfenk) (plural تفنكلر (tüfenkler))

rifle, fusil, musket, arquebus, tophaike
كوچك تفنك ― küçük tüfenk ― pistol

آت تفنگی ― at tüfengi ― pistol

آو تفنگی ― av tüfengi ― hunting-rifle

طبنجه تفنگی ― tabanca tüfengi ― rifle with gunlock

طالیان تفنگی ― dalyan tüfengi ― blunderbuss

ششخانه ناملیلیو تفنك ― şeşhane namlılü tüfenk ― rifled rifle

تفنك ناملیسی ― tüfenk namlısı ― rifle barrel

تفنك قونداغی ― tüfenk kundağı ― rifle butt

تفنك قبوری ― tüfenk kuburı ― pistol holster

تفنك فندغی ― tüfenk funduğı ― bullet, dot

تفنك گوله‌سی / نفنك گله‌سی ― tüfenk gülesi ― bullet, dot

تفنگڭ فالیه‌سی ― tüfengün falyası ― flash pan; touch hole

تفنك چبوغی ― tüfenk çubuğı ― gun-stick, rod for stuffing the gun with bullets

تفنك بورغوسی ― tüfenk burğusı ― wad-hook, packing-worm, rod for extracting bullets from the gun

تفنگی قورمق ― tüfengi kurmak ― to load the gun, to cock the rifle

تفنگی طولدرمق ― tüfengi doldurmak ― to load the gun, to stuff the rifle

تفنگی آتمق ― tüfengi atmak ― to launch the gun, to shoot the rifle

تفنگی بوشتمق ― tüfengi boşatmak ― to launch the gun, to shoot the rifle, to discharge the musket

تفنك آتیجی ― tüfenk atıcı ― musketeer, rifleman

Derived terms

تفنكجی (tüfenkçı, “musketeer, rifleman; gunsmith”)
تفنكلمك (tüfenklemek, “to gun down, to arquebus”)

Descendants

Turkish: tüfek, tüfenk, tüvek (dialectal)
→ Arabic: تُفْكَة (tufka), تُفْگَه (tufga)
→ Armenian: թյուֆենկ (tʻyufenk), թյուֆենգ (tʻyufeng)
→ Middle Armenian: թուանկ (tʻuank), դֆանք (dfankʻ), թըւանկ (tʻəwank), թւանկ (tʻwank)
- Armenian: թվանք (tʻvankʻ), թվանգ (tʻvang), թիվանգ (tʻivang), թիվանք (tʻivankʻ), թրփանգ (tʻrpʻang), թֆակ (tʻfak) (dialectal), թֆանկ (tʻfank), թֆանք (tʻfankʻ), թուֆաք (tʻufakʻ), թուֆանկ (tʻufank), դֆաք (dfakʻ), թֆաք (tʻfakʻ), թըֆակ (tʻəfak), դուֆաք (dufakʻ) (obsolete), թուանք (tʻuankʻ) (traditional orthography)
→ English: tophaike
→ Greek: τουφέκι (touféki), ντουφέκι (ntouféki)
Kurdish:
→ Northern Kurdish: tifing, tifek, tifeng, tivek, tiving

→ Central Kurdish: تِفەنگ (tifeng)

→ Southern Kurdish: تِفەنگ (tifeng)
→ Ladino: tufenk (“rifle”)
→ Laz: თუჶეღი (tufeği), თუჶჶეღი (tuffeği) — alternative spellings, ტუჶეღი (ťufeği) — Arkabi
→ Macedonian: туфка (tufka, “rifle”), туфек (tufek, “rifle shot”)
→ Classical Persian: تُفَنْگ (tufang), تفک (tofak) (see there for further descendants)
→ Crimean Tatar: tüfek
→ Zazaki: tifang