zıpkın

See also: Zipkin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زبقین (zıbkın).

Noun

zıpkın (definite accusative zıpkını, plural zıpkınlar)

  1. (fishing) spear, harpoon
    • 1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir”, in Son Posta, page 5:
      Sünger zıpkınla, elbiseli ve eblisesiz dalgıçla, bir de gangava denilen ve denizin dibinde sürüklendirilen bir torbayla avlanır.
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References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zıpkın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صاپقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1150
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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