çarkçı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چارقچی (çarkçı), equivalent to çark +‎ -çı.

Noun

çarkçı (definite accusative çarkçıyı, plural çarkçılar)

  1. (nautical) engineer, mechanic
  2. one who sharpens knives

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çarkçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 891
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