Where does “تفنگچه” come from?
تفنگچه (Persian) comes from Persian تپانچه, from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه, from Ottoman Turkish طبان, from Proto-Turkic *tāpan — sole of foot.
تفنگچه (Persian): handgun
Ancestry of “تفنگچه”, step by step
تفنگچه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian تپانچه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | تپانچه | slap; handgun |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طبانجه | palm of the hand; slap, box with the flat hand;... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | طبان | sole of the foot; sole of a shoe; fundament,... |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *tāpan | sole of foot |
via Persian تفنگ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | تفنگ | firearm, gun, musket |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | تفنك | rifle, fusil, musket, arquebus, tophaike |
| 3 | Arabic | فَنَك | fennec fox |