nişancı
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نشانجی (nişancı, “shooter, marksman”). Equivalent to nişan (“target”) + -cı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.ʃanˈd͡ʒɯ/
- Hyphenation: ni‧şan‧cı
Noun
nişancı (definite accusative nişancıyı, plural nişancılar)
- shooter, marksman
- Synonym: atıcı
- (history) Former title of an officer of the Ottoman Government, whose duty is to inscribe the Sultan's imperial cypher over all imperial letters-patent.
Derived terms
- keskin nişancı
- kör nişancı
- nişancılık
Further reading
- nişancı in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “nişancı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “nişancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3480