Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوطونجی (oduncu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

օտունճի (ōtunči) (Istanbul)

  1. lumberjack, woodcutter
    Synonym: փայտահատ (pʻaytahat)
  2. dealer in firewood, wood-seller
    Synonym: փայտավաճառ (pʻaytavačaṙ)

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “օտունճի”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 371
  • Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “օտունճու”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 694a
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “օտունճու”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 568b
  • Riggs, Elias (1847) “օտունճու”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 159b