esnaf

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اصناف, from Arabic أَصْنَاف (ʔaṣnāf), plural of صِنْف (ṣinf).

Noun

esnaf (definite accusative esnafı, plural esnaflar)

Descendants

→ Romanian: isnaf
→ Albanian: esnafi
→ Greek: εσνάφι (esnáfi)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esnaf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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