نشانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From نشان‎ (nişan, “sign, mark, target”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

نشانجی • (nişancı)

  1. marksman, sharpshooter, a person skilled at hitting targets
  2. former title of an officer of the Ottoman Government, whose duty is to inscribe the Sultan's imperial cypher over all imperial letters-patent.

Descendants
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਚੀ (niśāncī)
    Shahmukhi: نشانجی‎ (niśāncī)
  • Turkish: nişancı

Further reading
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