طولابجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طولاب (dolab, “cupboard, turnstile; plot, intrigue”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

طولابجی • (dolabcı)

maker of cupboards or turnstiles
intriguer, one who lays plots

Descendants

Turkish: dolapçı
→⇒ Armenian: Տոլապճյան (Tolapčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dolapçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1266
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طولابجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1485

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