پروكار

Ottoman Turkish

پروكارلر

Etymology

From Greek περουκιέρης (peroukiéris), earlier πεῤῥουκιέρης (perrhoukiérēs), from Venetian peruchièr (= Italian perrucchiere, parrucchiere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛɾuˈcɑr]

Noun

پروكار • (perukâr)

1. hairdresser, coiffeur

   Synonyms: بربر (berber), صاچ كسن (saç kesen)

2. barber

   Synonyms: بربر (berber), صقال كسن (sakal kesen)

Related terms

• پروقه (peruka)
• پروقه‌جی (perukacı, “perruquier, wigmaker”)

Descendants

• Turkish: perukâr (obsolete)
• → Armenian: փերուքեր (pʻerukʻer)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “փէրուքէր”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 156
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “перу̀ка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 181