باتاقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From باتاق (batak, “swamp, marsh; gambling den”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

باتاقجی • (batakcı)

  1. knocker, defaulter, one who defaults or fails on payment of a wager

Derived terms

  • باتاقجیلق (batakcılık, “fraudulence”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: batakçı
  • → Armenian: պաթախճի (patʻaxči), բաթաղչի (batʻaġčʻi)
  • → Albanian: batakçi
  • → Bulgarian: батакчи́я (batakčíja)
  • → Greek: μπαταξής (bataxís), μπανταξής (bantaxís)
  • → Macedonian: батакчија (batakčija)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: батакчѝја, батькчѝја

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