اصناف

See also: أصناف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْنَاف (ʔaṣnāf), plural of صِنْف (ṣinf).

Noun

اصناف • (esnaf)

1. plural of صنف (sınıf, “trade, guild”)
2. guild

   Synonyms: صنف (sınf, sınıf), لونجه (lonca)

3. artisan, tradesman

Descendants

• Turkish: esnaf
• → Armenian: էսնաֆ (ēsnaf)
• → Romanian: isnaf

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esnaf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصناف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 131