منجنیق

See also: منجنيق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • منجلیق (mancılık)
  • մէնճէնիգ (mencenik), մէնճէնըգ (mencenık), մէնճէլիք (mencelik) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq, “ballista, catapult”), ultimately from Ancient Greek μαγγανικά (manganiká).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛnd͡ʒɛˈniːq/
  • (vulgarly also) IPA(key): /mɑnd͡ʒɑˈnɯq/, /mɑnd͡ʒɑˈɫɯq/

Noun

منجنیق • (mencenik or mancınık) (definite accusative منجنیقی (menceniki, menceniği), plural منجنیقات (mencenikat))

  1. trebuchet, ballista, catapult, mangonel, siege engine
    Synonym: چرخ (çarh)
  2. jackscrew, screwjack

Derived terms

  • منجنیقجی (mancınıkcı, “worker of ballistas or jackscrews”)
  • منجنیقی (mencenikî, “pertaining to a ballista”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mancınık, mancılık
  • → Bulgarian: манджалък (mandžalǎk), манджулук (mandžuluk)
  • → Romanian: mangealâc

Further reading

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْجَنِيق (manjanīq).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? manjanīq
Dari reading? manjanīq
Iranian reading? manjaniġ
Tajik reading? manjaniq

Noun

Dari منجنیق
Iranian Persian
Tajik манҷаниқ

منجنیق • (manjaniq)

  1. catapult
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