طوپجیلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طوپجی (topcu, “artilleryman”) +‎ ـلق (-luk, “-ness, -hood”).

Noun

طوپجیلق • (topculuk)

artillery, an army unit that uses large guns or projectile weapons

Descendants

Turkish: topçuluk

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “topçuluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4865
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوپجیلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 811
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوپجیلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1249

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