mancınıkçı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منجنیقجی (mancınıkçı, “catapulter”); equivalent to mancınık (“trebuchet, catapult, ballista”) +‎ -cı.

Noun

mancınıkçı (definite accusative mancınıkçıyı, plural mancınıkçılar)

  1. catapulter, a worker of trebuchets, ballistas, catapults, or similar siege engines

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