çakırcı

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چاقرجی (çakırcı, “falconer, hawker”). By surface analysis, çakır (“merlin”) +‎ -ci (“occupational suffix”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.kɯɾˈd͡ʒɯ/ Hyphenation: ça‧kır‧cı === Noun === çakırcı (definite accusative çakırcıyı, plural çakırcılar) one who hunts with a merlin (historical) a rural bird breeder who raises merlins for the royal palace ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “çakırcı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çakırcı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı