toptancı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوپدنجی (topdancı), by surface analysis, toptan (“wholesale”) +‎ -cı (occupational suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔp.tan.dʒɯ/

Noun

toptancı (definite accusative toptancıyı, plural toptancılar)

  1. (business) wholesaler
    • 1930 June 27, advertisement on page 6 of Yarın:
      Toptancılara tenzilât
      wholesaler discount
    • 1942 November 12, headline on page 1 of Akşam:
      Yiyecek satan bazı toptancı tacirler mahkemeye veriliyor
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension
Inflection
Nominative toptancı
Definite accusative toptancıyı
Singular Plural
Nominative toptancı toptancılar
Definite accusative toptancıyı toptancıları
Dative toptancıya toptancılara
Locative toptancıda toptancılarda
Ablative toptancıdan toptancılardan
Genitive toptancının toptancıların
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular toptancıyım toptancılarım
2nd singular toptancısın toptancılarsın
3rd singular toptancı
toptancıdır		 toptancılar
toptancılardır
1st plural toptancıyız toptancılarız
2nd plural toptancısınız toptancılarsınız
3rd plural toptancılar toptancılardır

References
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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