This is the 11461st most frequent Turkish word.
esnafa
"Esnafa" means "to the tradesperson" or "to the shopkeeper" in English.
In this sentence, 'esnafa' refers to visiting or stopping by a tradesman or a vendor in Dative case as the indirect object.
Kütüphaneye giderken yolda esnafa uğradım.
While going to the library, I stopped by the tradesman.
Here, 'esnafa' is used in the Dative case to refer to providing support to the tradesman, emphasizing the recipient of this action.
Esnafa destek olmak için alışveriş yaptık.
We shopped to support the tradesman.
In this sentence, 'esnafa' implies the subject to whom the kindness should be directed, again in the Dative case to specify perspective.