ferraş

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فراش (ferraş, “carpet layer”), itself from Arabic فَرَّاش (farrāš, “carpet layer”).

Noun

ferraş (definite accusative ferraşi, plural ferraşler)

1. upholsterer, a craftsman who upholsters furniture
2. servant, especially a low-grade one
3. person in charge of cleaning and sweeping a mosque

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ferraş
Definite accusative	ferraşi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ferraş	ferraşler
Definite accusative	ferraşi	ferraşleri
Dative	ferraşe	ferraşlere
Locative	ferraşte	ferraşlerde
Ablative	ferraşten	ferraşlerden
Genitive	ferraşin	ferraşlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşim ferraşlerim 2nd singular ferraşin ferraşlerin 3rd singular ferraşi ferraşleri 1st plural ferraşimiz ferraşlerimiz 2nd plural ferraşiniz ferraşleriniz 3rd plural ferraşleri ferraşleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşimi ferraşlerimi 2nd singular ferraşini ferraşlerini 3rd singular ferraşini ferraşlerini 1st plural ferraşimizi ferraşlerimizi 2nd plural ferraşinizi ferraşlerinizi 3rd plural ferraşlerini ferraşlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşime ferraşlerime 2nd singular ferraşine ferraşlerine 3rd singular ferraşine ferraşlerine 1st plural ferraşimize ferraşlerimize 2nd plural ferraşinize ferraşlerinize 3rd plural ferraşlerine ferraşlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşimde ferraşlerimde 2nd singular ferraşinde ferraşlerinde 3rd singular ferraşinde ferraşlerinde 1st plural ferraşimizde ferraşlerimizde 2nd plural ferraşinizde ferraşlerinizde 3rd plural ferraşlerinde ferraşlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşimden ferraşlerimden 2nd singular ferraşinden ferraşlerinden 3rd singular ferraşinden ferraşlerinden 1st plural ferraşimizden ferraşlerimizden 2nd plural ferraşinizden ferraşlerinizden 3rd plural ferraşlerinden ferraşlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşimin ferraşlerimin 2nd singular ferraşinin ferraşlerinin 3rd singular ferraşinin ferraşlerinin 1st plural ferraşimizin ferraşlerimizin 2nd plural ferraşinizin ferraşlerinizin 3rd plural ferraşlerinin ferraşlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular ferraşim ferraşlerim 2nd singular ferraşsin ferraşlersin 3rd singular ferraş ferraştir ferraşler ferraşlerdir 1st plural ferraşiz ferraşleriz 2nd plural ferraşsiniz ferraşlersiniz 3rd plural ferraşler ferraşlerdir

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ferraş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1566