mermerci

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مرمرجی (mermerci, “marble worker”), equivalent to mermer (“marble”) +‎ -ci.

Noun

mermerci (definite accusative mermerciyi, plural mermerciler)

1. marble worker

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mermerci
Definite accusative	mermerciyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mermerci	mermerciler
Definite accusative	mermerciyi	mermercileri
Dative	mermerciye	mermercilere
Locative	mermercide	mermercilerde
Ablative	mermerciden	mermercilerden
Genitive	mermercinin	mermercilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mermercim mermercilerim 2nd singular mermercin mermercilerin 3rd singular mermercisi mermercileri 1st plural mermercimiz mermercilerimiz 2nd plural mermerciniz mermercileriniz 3rd plural mermercileri mermercileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mermercimi mermercilerimi 2nd singular mermercini mermercilerini 3rd singular mermercisini mermercilerini 1st plural mermercimizi mermercilerimizi 2nd plural mermercinizi mermercilerinizi 3rd plural mermercilerini mermercilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mermercime mermercilerime 2nd singular mermercine mermercilerine 3rd singular mermercisine mermercilerine 1st plural mermercimize mermercilerimize 2nd plural mermercinize mermercilerinize 3rd plural mermercilerine mermercilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mermercimde mermercilerimde 2nd singular mermercinde mermercilerinde 3rd singular mermercisinde mermercilerinde 1st plural mermercimizde mermercilerimizde 2nd plural mermercinizde mermercilerinizde 3rd plural mermercilerinde mermercilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mermercimden mermercilerimden 2nd singular mermercinden mermercilerinden 3rd singular mermercisinden mermercilerinden 1st plural mermercimizden mermercilerimizden 2nd plural mermercinizden mermercilerinizden 3rd plural mermercilerinden mermercilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mermercimin mermercilerimin 2nd singular mermercinin mermercilerinin 3rd singular mermercisinin mermercilerinin 1st plural mermercimizin mermercilerimizin 2nd plural mermercinizin mermercilerinizin 3rd plural mermercilerinin mermercilerinin

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mermerci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3156