tepsici

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تپسیجی (tepsici, “maker or seller of trays”), equivalent to tepsi (“waiter, tray”) +‎ -ci.

Noun

tepsici (definite accusative tepsiciyi, plural tepsiciler)

1. maker or seller of waiters or trays

   Synonym: sinici

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tepsici
Definite accusative	tepsiciyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tepsici	tepsiciler
Definite accusative	tepsiciyi	tepsicileri
Dative	tepsiciye	tepsicilere
Locative	tepsicide	tepsicilerde
Ablative	tepsiciden	tepsicilerden
Genitive	tepsicinin	tepsicilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tepsicim tepsicilerim 2nd singular tepsicin tepsicilerin 3rd singular tepsicisi tepsicileri 1st plural tepsicimiz tepsicilerimiz 2nd plural tepsiciniz tepsicileriniz 3rd plural tepsicileri tepsicileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tepsicimi tepsicilerimi 2nd singular tepsicini tepsicilerini 3rd singular tepsicisini tepsicilerini 1st plural tepsicimizi tepsicilerimizi 2nd plural tepsicinizi tepsicilerinizi 3rd plural tepsicilerini tepsicilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tepsicime tepsicilerime 2nd singular tepsicine tepsicilerine 3rd singular tepsicisine tepsicilerine 1st plural tepsicimize tepsicilerimize 2nd plural tepsicinize tepsicilerinize 3rd plural tepsicilerine tepsicilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tepsicimde tepsicilerimde 2nd singular tepsicinde tepsicilerinde 3rd singular tepsicisinde tepsicilerinde 1st plural tepsicimizde tepsicilerimizde 2nd plural tepsicinizde tepsicilerinizde 3rd plural tepsicilerinde tepsicilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tepsicimden tepsicilerimden 2nd singular tepsicinden tepsicilerinden 3rd singular tepsicisinden tepsicilerinden 1st plural tepsicimizden tepsicilerimizden 2nd plural tepsicinizden tepsicilerinizden 3rd plural tepsicilerinden tepsicilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tepsicimin tepsicilerimin 2nd singular tepsicinin tepsicilerinin 3rd singular tepsicisinin tepsicilerinin 1st plural tepsicimizin tepsicilerimizin 2nd plural tepsicinizin tepsicilerinizin 3rd plural tepsicilerinin tepsicilerinin

Derived terms

• tepsicibaşı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tepsici”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4744