Word Origins | Madrabaz

This is a repeat posting due to the fact that I now have images of a Dresden based 'cigaretten fabrik', tobacco tin and promotional items. This is the image of the Turk and the east. A cigar puffing 'matrapas'.

allahum, biz lazuk, biraz da matrabazuk, attık sana bi kazuk, haydi allasmarladuk/ oh god, we are laz, a bit of a trickster, we cheated you, say goodby.
Mavi Boncuk |

Wholesaler/toptanci specifically used for the fish market. originally "matrahbaz" (matrah + baz). European merchants were only allowed to buy from madrabaz or dellal (tellal, aracı, EN. broker). During the Ottoman times a local merchant was called tüccar (or tacir); a trader of long distances are called bezirgân.


Madrabaz: Colloquially meaning: trickster, cheater in trade; EN.middleman;crook,cheat, swindler; GER Spitzbube[der], Zwischenhändler[der] ; FR fraudeur/euse [le][la], trafiquant[le],chevalier d'industrie