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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طاوقجی (tavuḳcu, “a poulterer”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish طاوقجی (tavuḳ, “a fowl, hen”), from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (“hen, fowl”),[2] equivalent to tavuk (“chicken”) + -çu (“occupation suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.βukˈt͡ʃu/
- Hyphenation: ta‧vuk‧çu
Noun
tavukçu (definite accusative tavukçuyu, plural tavukçular)
- A person who deals in breeding or selling (whether alive or butchered) poultry; a poulterer, chicken farmer.
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاوقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1229
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tiakɨgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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