صوجی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From صو (su, “water”) + ـجی (-cu, “maker or seller”).
Noun edit
صوجی • (sucu)
- waterman, water carrier, someone who distributes or supplies water for a living
- Synonym: سقا (saka)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: sucu
- → Armenian: սուճի (suči), սուչի (sučʻi), սուջի (suǰi), ⇒ Սուջյան (Suǰyan), Սուճյան (Sučyan)
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sucu1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4343
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1190