طولابجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From طولاب (dolab, “cupboard, turnstile; plot, intrigue”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun
طولابجی • (dolabcı)
- maker of cupboards or turnstiles
- intriguer, one who lays plots
Descendants
- Turkish: dolapçı
- →⇒ Armenian: Տոլապճյան (Tolapčyan)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “dolapçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1266
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “طولابجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1485