sakçı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صاقجی (sakçı), from obsolete or dialectal sak (“vigilant”) (Proto-Turkic *sak (“aware, alert”)) and -çi.

Noun

sakçı (definite accusative sakçıyı, plural sakçılar)

  1. watchman
  2. guardian
  3. police

Declension

Declension of sakçı
singular plural
nominative sakçı sakçılar
definite accusative sakçıyı sakçıları
dative sakçıya sakçılara
locative sakçıda sakçılarda
ablative sakçıdan sakçılardan
genitive sakçının sakçıların

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sak”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sakmak¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4032
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