سركی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ser- (“to endure, be patient; to spread”); equivalent to سرـ (ser-, “to spread out”) +‎ ـكی (-gi). The first sense, something spread out, is the original.

Noun

سركی • (sergi) (definite accusative سركیی (sergiyi), plural سركیلر (sergiler))

anything spread out on the ground, like a carpet, mat, or platform, used to display wares on sale
stall, a small, temporary, open-fronted shop for the sale of goods, for example in a market, etc.
display, exhibition, array, a collection of goods or wares laid out to be viewed or presented in full
storefront, shopfront, the side of a shop facing the street that usually contains display windows
pay office, the public office or department in charge of payments to troops, employees, etc.

Derived terms

خزینه سركیسی (hazine sergisi, “treasury mandate”)
سركی امینی (sergi emini, “officer in charge of paying navy soldiers”)
سركی اولمق (sergi olmak, “to fall down flat”)
سركی خلیفه‌سی (sergi hâlifesi, “clerk of a pay-office”)
سركی عمومی (sergi ʼumumî, “World Exposition”)
سركی فرش (sergi ferş, “carpet on which goods are placed”)
سركی ناظری (sergi naziri, “controller of the treasure”)
سركیجی (sergici, “stallkeeper”)

Related terms

سركین (sergin, “sprawl”)
سرمك (sermek, “to spread out”)

Descendants

Turkish: sergi
→ Albanian: sergji
→ Armenian: սէրկի (sērki)
→ Romanian: sârghie