koltukçu
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قولتقجی (koltukcu, “hawker, peddler”), equivalent to koltuk (“armchair”) + -cu.
Noun edit
koltukçu (definite accusative koltukçuyu, plural koltukçular)
- maker or seller of armchairs
- hawker, peddler, person who trades old household items
- person who goes and sells things like carpets and cloths under the arm
- (figuratively) flatterer, a person who praises someone in order to receive a benefit
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koltukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4147