теерменчи

Southern Altai

Etymology

From теермен (teermen, mill) +‎ -чи (-či, affix forming an agent noun). Cognate to Kyrgyz тегирменчи (tegirmenci), Kazakh диірменші (diırmenşı), Kumyk тирменчи (tirmençi), Bashkir тирмәнсә (tirmənsə), etc.

Noun

теерменчи • (teermenči)

  1. miller

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1964), “теерменчи”, in Russkij-Altajskij Slovarʹ [Russian-Altai Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN, page 292