haraççı
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خراججی (haraccı, “tax collector”). By surface analysis, haraç (“tax, tribute”) + -çı (“-ist”).
Noun
[edit]haraççı
- (historical) tax collector in the Ottoman Empire
- (figuratively) extortionist, someone who extorts money with the force
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haraççı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1871