طولابجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طولاب (dolab, “cupboard, turnstile; plot, intrigue”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

طولابجی • (dolabcı)

1. maker of cupboards or turnstiles
2. intriguer, one who lays plots

Descendants

• Turkish: dolapçı
• →⇒ Armenian: Տոլապճյան (Tolapčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dolapçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1266
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طولابجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1485