haraççı
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خراججی (haraccı, “tax collector”). By surface analysis, haraç (“tax, tribute”) + -çı (“-ist”).
Noun[edit]
haraççı
- (historical) tax collector in the Ottoman Empire
- (figuratively) extortionist, someone who extorts money with the force
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Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haraççı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1871