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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From طولومبه (tulumba, “pump”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
طولومبهجی • (tulumbacı)
- pumpman, a maker or operator of pumps
- (figuratively) roughneck, a rowdy or uncouth person
Derived terms
- طولومبهجیلق (tulumbacılık, “quality and functions of a pumpman”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tulumbacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4906
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طولومبهجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 823
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طولومبهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1262