zamazingo

Turkish

Etymology

Unknown. Originally, a karagözcü slang (the puppeteer playing Karagöz).

Noun

zamazingo (definite accusative zamazingoyu, plural zamazingolar)

  1. (slang) an unnecessary gadget
  2. (slang) thingamabob, thingamajig (thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten)
  3. (slang) friend
  4. (slang) mistress

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  • Aktunç, Hulki (1998), “zamazingo”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “zamazingo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zamazingo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5430
  • Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “zamazingo”, in Türk argosu: Inceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1) (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 161a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zamazingo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • “zamazingo”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 11, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1979, page 4345b
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