الماسجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From الماس (elmas, “diamond”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

الماسجی • (elmascı)

1. diamond cutter, a craftsman who cuts diamonds
2. diamond merchant, a person specialized in selling diamonds

Further reading

• 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