kantarcı
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish قنطارجی (kantarcı, “weight-master”). By surface analysis, kantar (“steelyard”) + -cı.
Noun
[edit]kantarcı (definite accusative kantarcıyı, plural kantarcılar)
- maker or seller of steelyards or similar instruments
- the official who collects weighing taxes from goods brought to bazaars or markets
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kantarcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2390