Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طوپدنجی (topdancı), by surface analysis, toptan (“wholesale”) + -cı (occupational suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
toptancı (definite accusative toptancıyı, plural toptancılar)
- (business) wholesaler
- 1930 June 27, advertisement on page 6 of Yarın:
Toptancılara tenzilât- wholesaler discount
- 1942 November 12, headline on page 1 of Akşam:
Yiyecek satan bazı toptancı tacirler mahkemeye veriliyor- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of toptancı
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
toptancı
|
toptancılar
|
| definite accusative
|
toptancıyı
|
toptancıları
|
| dative
|
toptancıya
|
toptancılara
|
| locative
|
toptancıda
|
toptancılarda
|
| ablative
|
toptancıdan
|
toptancılardan
|
| genitive
|
toptancının
|
toptancıların
|
Predicative forms
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| 1st singular
|
toptancıyım
|
toptancılarım
|
| 2nd singular
|
toptancısın
|
toptancılarsın
|
| 3rd singular
|
toptancı
toptancıdır
|
toptancılar
toptancılardır
|
| 1st plural
|
toptancıyız
|
toptancılarız
|
| 2nd plural
|
toptancısınız
|
toptancılarsınız
|
| 3rd plural
|
toptancılar
|
toptancılardır
|
|
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN