qulluqçu
/qulluqtʃu/
1. official, employee, worker — Someone who works in an office or institution; ilmu qulluqçu is a research worker, qulluqçu adam an official. One dictionary marks the reading 'official' as old.
- ilmu qulluqçu — a research worker
- jaŋı qulluqçu kelgendi — a new employee has come
- atam qulluqçu bolub işleydi — my father works as an official
- muzeyleni qulluqçuları — the museums' employees
- kiçi ilmu qulluqçu — a junior research worker
2. leader, chief, head
- rayonnu qulluqçuları — the leaders of the district
- elni qulluqçuları — the leaders of the village
- ullu qulluqçu bolğandı — he has become an important leader
- qulluqçu bolsaŋ, tüzlükçü bol — if you become a leader, be just
- qulluqçularına köre bolluqdu — will depend on its leaders
3. servant, attendant
- jamçısın teşib, qulluqçusuna berdi — he took off his felt cloak and gave it to his servant
- qulluqçu qonaqlağa suw keltirdi — the servant brought water to the guests
- baynı üç qulluqçusu bar edi — the rich man had three servants
4. intellectual, member of the intelligentsia — Mostly used in the plural, for the intelligentsia as a group: işçile elçile qulluqçula workers, peasants and intelligentsia.
- işçile, elçile, qulluqçula — workers, peasants, intellectuals
- işçile bla qulluqçula — workers and intellectuals
- qulluqçulanı arasında — among the intelligentsia