قولتقجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From قولتق (koltuk, “armpit; armchair”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun
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
- Turkish: koltukçu
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “koltukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2723
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قولتقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 988
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قولتقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497