tüfek
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ty.fɛc/
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish تفنك (tüfenk). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (tüwek), a Turkic onomatopoeia attested in Dīwān Luḡāt at-Turk meaning a blowpipe shooting pebbles against birds. Cognate with Turkmen tüpeň, Azerbaijani tüfəng, Nogai туьбек (tübek), etc.
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