فوچی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

فیچی (fıçı)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βούττις (boúttis, “barrel, cask”), itself from Ancient Greek βοῦττῐς (boûttĭs).

Noun

فوچی • (fuçı or fıçı) (definite accusative فوچیی (fuçıyı, fıçıyı), plural فوچیلر (fuçılar, fıçılar))

barrel, cask, a round vessel made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends
Synonym: برمیل (bermil)
barrel, the quantity which constitutes a full barrel or cask, used as a unit of measure

Derived terms

سركه فوچیسی (sirke fıçısı, “vinegar barrel”)
شراب فوچیسی (şarab fıçısı, “wine barrel”)
فوچی اوزومی (fıçı üzümü, “grapes sold in barrels”)
فوچی تخته‌سی (fıçı tahtası, “stave of a barrel”)
فوچی دیبی (fıçı dibi, “grounds of a cask of wine”)
فوچی شكری (fıçı şekeri, “sugar in hogheads”)
فوچی طپه‌سی (fıçı tapası, “plug of a barrel”)
فوچی قارنلو (fıçı karınlı, “barrel-bellied”)
فوچی مالی (fıçı malı, “goods sold in a barrel”)
فوچی پنیری (fıçı peniri, “fresh cheese in brine”)
فوچی چشمه‌سی (fıçı çeşmesi, “plug of a barrel”)
فوچیجی (fuçıcı, fıçıcı, “cooper, barrelmaker”)

Descendants

Turkish: fıçı
→ Albanian: fuçi
→ Armenian: ֆըչի (fəčʻi), ֆիչի (fičʻi)
→ Ubykh: фыҽы (fəĉə)

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