bostancı

== Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === From bostan +‎ -cı. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bos‧tan‧cı === Noun === bostancı truck farmer ==== Declension ==== === References === “bostancı”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوستانجی (bostancı, “gardener; bostanji”); equivalent to bostan (“vegetable garden; orchard”) +‎ -cı. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bos.tanˈd͡ʒɯ/ Hyphenation: bo‧stan‧cı === Noun === bostancı (definite accusative bostancıyı, plural bostancılar) truck gardener, market gardener, someone who grows herbs and vegetables in a garden (historical) bostanji, a member of one of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bostancı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bostancı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “bostancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 656