konakçı

Meaning

  1. host, one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially
  2. host, a cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite
  3. (dated) quartermaster, an officer whose duty is to provide quarters and provisions for a regiment or other body of troops

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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوناقجی (konakcı, “quartermaster”); equivalent to konak (“mansion, inn”) + -cı.

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