ತುಪಾಕಿ

Kannada

Alternative forms

• ತುಬಾಕಿ (tubāki)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تُفَکْ (tufak), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تفنك (tüfek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪upaːki/

Noun

ತುಪಾಕಿ • (tupāki)

1. musket, gun

   Synonyms: ಬಂದೂಕು (bandūku), ಕೋವಿ (kōvi), ಗನ್ನು (gannu)

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ತುಪಾಕಿ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971