Гемеджиев

Bulgarian

Etymology

From dialectal гемиджи́я (gemidžíja, “sailor”) +‎ -ев (-ev), from Ottoman Turkish كمیجی (gemici).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛmɛˈdʒiɛf]

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Proper noun

Гемеджи́ев • (Gemedžíev)

1. a surname, Gemedzhiev

Usage notes

Used in Shumen Province.

References

• Илчев, Стефан (1969) “Гемеджѝев”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 128