keskin nişancı
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Compound of keskin (“sharp”) + nişancı (“shooter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keskin nişancı (definite accusative keskin nişancıyı, plural keskin nişancılar)
- sniper (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “keskin nişancı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keskin nişancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2510