çeltikçi
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See also: Çeltikçi
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چلتیكجی (çeltikci, “cultivator of rice”). By surface analysis, çeltik (“paddy, unhusked rice”) + -çi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]çeltikçi (definite accusative çeltikçiyi, plural çeltikçiler)
- rice farmer, someone who grows or cultivates rice
- synonym of bayağı aynak (“glossy ibis”)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “çeltikçi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çeltikçi”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çeltikçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 925