koltukçu
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قولتقجی (koltukcu, “hawker, peddler”), equivalent to koltuk (“armchair”) + -cu.
Noun
editkoltukçu (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
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koltukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4147