odabaşı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوطه باشی (oda başı). By surface analysis, oda +‎ başı.

Noun

odabaşı

1. janitor in a large establishment
2. man in charge of the rooms of an inn

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “odabaşı”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 897ada