mumcu
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish مومجی (mumcu, “chandler”), equivalent to mum (“wax; candle”) + -cu.
Noun
editmumcu (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
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mumcu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3303