زنبرك

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • زُمْبُرُك (zumburuk), زُنْبَلَك (zunbalak), زُمْبَلَك (zumbalak)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زنبرك (zemberek).

Noun

زُنْبُرُك or زَنْبَرَك or زُنْبُرَك or زُنْبَرَك • (zunburuk or zanbarak or zunburak or zunbarak) m (plural زَنَابِك (zanābik))

  1. spring in machinery, spiral coil
    Synonyms: يَاي (yāy), نَابِض (nābiḍ)
  2. (horology) mainspring in a watch, snail-wheel, spring-wheel
  3. (firearms) cock

Declension

Derived terms

  • زُنْبُرُكِيّ (zunburukiyy, relative adjective)

Ottoman Turkish

زنبرك

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian زنبورک (zanburak).

Noun

زنبرك • (zenberek)

  1. kind of crossbow to throw heavy bolts
    Synonym: چرخ (çarh)
  2. spring in machinery, spiral coil
    Synonym: یای (yay)
  3. snail-wheel, spring-wheel, mainspring in a watch
  4. spring latch, a latch that snaps into the keeper
  5. swivel gun, crutch-gun, or similar kind of culverin
  6. spring cupping machine

Derived terms

  • زنبرك آشیغی (zenberek aşığı, “tumbler of a crossbow”)
  • زنبرك مرضی (zenberek merzi, “a fatal disease of camels”)
  • زنبركجی (zenberekci, “crossbow man”)
  • زنبركلو (zenberekli, “armed with a crossbow”)
  • ساعت زنبركی (saʾat zenbereği, “watch spring”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zemberek
  • → Arabic: زُنْبُرُك (zunburuk)
  • → Armenian: զեմպերեկ (zemperek), զա̈մբա̈րա̈ (zämbärä)
  • → Azerbaijani: zənbərək
  • → Macedonian: земберек (zemberek)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: зѐмберек, зѐмберик
    Latin script: zèmberek, zèmberik

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