Where does “av tüfeği” come from?

av tüfeği (Turkish) comes from Turkish tüfek, from Ottoman Turkish تفنك, from Arabic فَنَك — fennec fox.

av tüfeği (Turkish): A shotgun, especially a smoothbore one

Definitions

  1. A shotgun, especially a smoothbore one

Ancestry of “av tüfeği”, step by step

av tüfeği traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish tüfek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtüfekrifle
2Ottoman Turkishتفنكrifle, fusil, musket, arquebus, tophaike
3Arabicفَنَكfennec fox

via Turkish av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishavhunting; hunt; prey
2Ottoman Turkishآوhunting, chase; game, prey, what is subject to...
3Proto-TurkicĀbhunt, chase
Every word from Arabic فَنَك →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تفنك →Every word from Turkish tüfek →
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