tabanca
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabanca (uncountable)
- (Caribbean) melancholy, or a painful feeling of unrequited love
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Guinea-Bissau Creole tabanka.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ta‧ban‧ca
Noun[edit]
tabanca f (plural tabancas)
- (Guiné-Bissau) village
- Agência Lusa (2021 December 14) “Portugal e Guiné-Bissau afinam estratégias de cooperação militar no âmbito do Atlântico Norte”, in Observador[1]: “O responsável guineense disse ser inaceitável que se retire uma pessoa da sua “tabanca” (aldeia), sem qualquer preparação ou formação, dando-lhe uma arma e ainda permitindo-lhe que faça a sua própria farda militar.”
References[edit]
- ^ “tabanca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca), equivalent to taban + -ca.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabanca (definite accusative tabancayı, plural tabancalar)
- pistol, revolver (handgun)
- gun (gun-shaped tool for dispensing a substance: caulk gun, silicone gun, spray gun, ...)
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Egyptian Arabic: طبنجة (ṭabanga)
- → North Levantine Arabic: طبنجة (ṭabanje)
- → Armenian: տապանճա (tapanča), տաբանջա (tabanǰa), թափանջա (tʻapʻanǰa), դաբանչա (dabančʻa)
- → Georgian: დამბაჩა (dambača)
- → Northern Kurdish: dapançe
- → Ossetian: дамбаца (dambaca)
- → Persian: تپانچه (tapânče), تپنچه (tapanče), تمنچه (tamanča); تفنگچه (tufangča)
- → Swedish: tabbe
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