odabaşı

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish اوطه باشی (oda başı). By surface analysis, oda +‎ başı.

Noun

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odabaşı

  1. janitor in a large establishment
  2. man in charge of the rooms of an inn

References

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “odabaşı”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 897ada