kantarcı
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قنطارجی (kantarcı, “weight-master”). By surface analysis, kantar (“steelyard”) + -cı.
Noun
editkantarcı (definite accusative kantarcıyı, plural kantarcılar)
- maker or seller of steelyards or similar instruments
- the official who collects weighing taxes from goods brought to bazaars or markets
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kantarcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2390