قاچاقچی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاچاقجی (kaçakçı) or Azerbaijani qaçaqçı. Analyzable as قاچاق (qâčâq, “smuggling”) +‎ ـچی (-či, “occupational suffix”). Compare Urdu قاچاقی (qāčāqī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qɑː.t͡ʃɑːq.ˈt͡ʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.t͡ʃʰɑːq.t͡ʃʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.t͡ʃʰɑːq.t͡ʃʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.t͡ʃʰɑːq.t͡ʃʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.t͡ʃʰɔːq.t͡ʃʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.t͡ʃʰɒːx.t͡ʃʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.t͡ʃʰɔq.t͡ʃʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	qāčāqčī
Dari reading?	qāčāqčī
Iranian reading?	ğâčâğči
Tajik reading?	qočoqči

Noun

Dari	قاچاقچی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қочоқчӣ

قاچاقچی • (qâčâqči) (plural قاچاقچیان (qâčâqčiân))

1. smuggler, trafficker

   قاچاقچیان انسان ― qâčâqčiân-e ensân ― people traffickers

Synonyms

• نهان‌فروش (nahân-furôš), قاچاق‌بر (qâčâqbar)