الماسجی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From الماس (elmas, “diamond”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun edit
الماسجی • (elmascı)
- diamond cutter, a craftsman who cuts diamonds
- diamond merchant, a person specialized in selling diamonds
Further reading edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “الماسجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الماسجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189