طوپجی

From طوپ (top, “cannon, artillery”) +‎ ـجی (-çu, “occupational suffix”).

طوپجی • (topçu)

1. (military) gunner, artilleryman, a soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery

• Turkish: topçu
• → Armenian: թոփչի (tʻopʻčʻi), ⇒ Թոփչյան (Tʻopʻčʻyan)
• → Romanian: topciu

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