طبانجه

طبانجه

Ottoman Turkish

طبانجه

طبانجه

Alternative forms

• طابانجه‎ (tabanca), طبنجه‎ (tabanca)

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

• Turkish: tabanca
• → Egyptian Arabic: طبنجة‎ (ṭábanga)
• → Persian: تپانچه‎ (tapânče), تپنچه‎ (tapanče), تمنچه‎ (tamanča)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: تمنچه‎ (tamañcā)

    Hindi: तमंचा (tamañcā)

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