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Russian version of this article says the name translates from Pashto as "little bee" (althugh the sentence is built such that I'm not sure if they mean the name
by avodonosov 6y ago
Russian version of this article says the name translates from Pashto as "little bee" (althugh the sentence is built such that I'm not sure if they mean the name of the weapon itself or of the warriors - zemburekchi)
> Считалось, что артиллеристы на верблюдах, которые именовались "зембурекчи", способны были досаждать неприятелю подобно пчёлам (отсюда и название (в переводе с пуштунского - "маленькая пчёлка").
- wruza 6y ago-chi is an eastern suffix similar to -er (teach/teacher), if that helps.
- mda 6y agoI think -ci (-çi -cı etc.) suffix is specifically Turkish.
- wruza 6y agoYou're right, I meant it is pretty common in turkish-ish group (tatar, mongol, etc), not all East.
- mda 6y agoProbably only Turkic languages, not Mongolian either.
- wruza 6y agoFor me that probability fails. Look I'm quarter tatar myself and they definitely use -chi (-че, -чы) in that exact sense. Same thing for surrounding regions, and I can even detect similar construct in mongolian songs and simple speeches when I hear these (it is reduced to -ch there). E.g. эм - drug, эмч - doctor, жолоо - to drive, жолооч - driver.
- avodonosov 6y agoWikipedia says Pashto is an Iranian language, not Turkic.