طوپجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طوپ‎ (top, “cannon, artillery”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-çu, “occupational suffix”).

Noun

طوپجی • (topçu)

  1. (military) gunner, artilleryman

Derived terms
  • طوپجی باشی‎ (topçu başı, “master general of artillery”)
  • طوپجیلق‎ (topçuluk, “the profession of artilleryman”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: topçu
  • → Romanian: topciu
  • → Armenian: թոփչի (tʿopʿčʿi), ⇒ Թոփչյան (Tʿopʿčʿyan)

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