تپانچه

Persian

Alternative forms

• تپنچه (tapanče), تمنچه (tamanča)
• تفنگچه (tufangča) (Dari)
• таппонча (tapponča) — Tajik

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “pistol”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.pɑːn.t͡ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.pʰɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.pʰɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.pʰɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.pʰɔːn.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.pʰɒːn.t͡ʃʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.pʰɔn.t͡ʃʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	tapānča
Dari reading?	tapānča
Iranian reading?	tapânče
Tajik reading?	taponča

Noun

تپانچه • (tapânče)

1. (archaic) slap
2. handgun

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tapança
  • → Armenian: թափանչա (tʻapʻančʻa), թարփանչա (tʻarpʻančʻa)
• → Gujarati: તમંચો (tamañco)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: تَپَنْچَہ (tapanca), تَمَنْچَہ (tamanca)

  Hindi: तमंचा (tamañcā)

• → Kazakh: тапанша (tapanşa)
• → Pashto: تمانچه (tamānčá), تومانچه (tomānčá), تپانچه (tapānčá), توپنچه (topančá)
• → Uyghur: تاپانچا (tapancha)
• → Uzbek: toʻpponcha