پنجك
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editپنجك • (pencik)
- a title for a slave, when endorsed by the master proving emancipation
See also
editReferences
edit- 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