قولتقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قولتق (koltuk, “armpit; armchair”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

قولتقجی • (koltukcu)

hawker, especially a peddler or auctioneer of secondhand clothing
Synonym: اسكیجی (eskici)
keeper of a small and out of the way wineshop

Descendants

Turkish: koltukçu

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koltukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2723
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قولتقجی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 377a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولتقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 988
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولتقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497

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