konakçı

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوناقجی (konakcı, “quartermaster”); equivalent to konak (“mansion, inn”) +‎ -cı. === Noun === konakçı (definite accusative konakçıyı, plural konakçıler) host, one which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially Synonym: ev sahibi (biology) host, a cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite Synonym: konak (dated) quartermaster, an officer whose duty is to provide quarters and provisions for a regiment or other body of troops ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “konakçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2729