ابرشیمجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ابرشیم (ibrişim, “silk; silk thread”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ابرشیمجی • (ibrişimci)

1. maker or seller of silk-thread

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ابرشیمجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 46
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ابرشیمجی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, columns 25–26
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ابرشیمجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 12