yelkenci
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish یلكنجی (yelkenci, “sailmaker”), equivalent to yelken (“sail”) + -ci.
Noun
[edit]yelkenci (definite accusative yelkenciyi, plural yelkenciler)
- sailmaker, a person whose occupation is to make or repair sails
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yelkenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5280