تفنك

See also: تفنگ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

توفنك (tüfenk), تفك (tüfek)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish, a Turkic onomatopoeia, Karakhanid [script needed] (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)
→ Khowar: [script needed] (tuvek)
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”)
→ Persian: تفنگ (tofang), تفک (tofak)
- → Bakhtiari: تفنگ (tofang)
- → Bashkardi:
  Minabi: تفنگ (tofang)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: तुफ़ंग (tufaṅg)
  Urdu: تفنگ (tufáng)
- → Kermanic:
  Abuzeydabadi: tafang
  Abyanehi: tofang
  Hanjani, Yarandi: tefeng
- → Pashto: تفنگ (tufáng), توپک (topák)
- → Parachi: تفنگ (tofang)
- → Yidgha: [script needed] (tûfuk)
→ Crimean Tatar: tüfek
→ Zazaki: tifang