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zumbooruk|ˈzʌmbʊrʌk|
Also zumbooruck, -boorak, -barak, zomboru(c)k, zamboorak, -borouk, -búrak.
[ad. Hindustani zambūrak, f. Pers. zambūr hornet. Cf. Pers. zemberek crossbow.]
A small swivel-gun, esp. one mounted on the back of a camel. Hence zumboorukchee, a gunner.
1825J. B. Fraser Journ. Khorasan 198 One or two shots from Zumboorucks dropping among them. 1840― Trav. Koordistan II. xiii. 249 Four guns, and a large body of zumboorukchees. 1863R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. 75 East Indian jezails and zumbaraks. 1904Blackw. Mag. July 87/1 Rakish swivel-guns, bell-mouthed zumbooraks. |