قولتقجی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From قولتق (koltuk, “armpit; armchair”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun[edit]
قولتقجی • (koltukcu)
- hawker, especially a peddler or auctioneer of secondhand clothing
- Synonym: اسكیجی (eskici)
- keeper of a small and out of the way wineshop
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: koltukçu
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koltukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2723
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قولتقجی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 377a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولتقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 988
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولتقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497