اورغانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اورغان (urgan, “stout or large rope”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اورغانجی • (urgancı)

1. ropemaker, roper, ropeman, a maker or seller of ropes

Derived terms

• اورغانجیلق (urgancılık, “trade of a ropemaker”)

Descendants

• Turkish: urgancı
• →⇒ Armenian: Ուրգանջյան (Urganǰyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “urgancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4992
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اورغانجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 182
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اورغانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 245