տիւմէնճի

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دومنجی (dümenci). Equivalent to տիւմէն (tiwmēn) + -ճի (-či).

Pronunciation

Noun

տիւմէնճի (tiwmēnči) (Istanbul, traditional orthography)

  1. (nautical) helmsman
    Synonym: ղեկավար (łekavar)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), տիւմէնճի”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 339
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869), տիւմէնճի”, in Baṙgirkʿ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 524a
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