پنجك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From پنج (penc, “five”), from Persian پنج (panj, “five”). Slaves were taxed at one-fifth of the value of the slave and the document was issued on payment of that tax.

Noun

پنجك • (pencik)

1. a title for a slave, when endorsed by the master proving emancipation

See also

• اسپنجه (ispence, “slave tariff”)
• اسپنجیك (ispencik, “slave tariff”)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پنجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 324
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پنجك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 454