mumcu
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish مومجی (mumcu, “chandler”), equivalent to mum (“wax; candle”) + -cu.
Noun[edit]
mumcu (definite accusative mumcuyu, plural mumcular)
- chandler, a maker or seller of candles
- (historical) matchlock-man, a soldier employed as a bodyguard
- (historical) the title given to each of the twelve officers in the first establishment of the janissaries
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mumcu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3303