konakçı
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوناقجی (konakcı, “quartermaster”); equivalent to konak (“mansion, inn”) + -cı.
Noun
[edit]konakçı (definite accusative konakçıyı, plural konakçıler)
- host, one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially
- Synonym: ev sahibi
- quartermaster, an officer whose duty is to provide quarters and provisions for a regiment or other body of troops
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “konakçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2729