اویمه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اویمه (oyma, “carving; sculpture; engraving”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اویمه‌جی • (oymacı)

1. maker or seller of carvings or sculptures

Descendants

• Turkish: oymacı
• → Armenian: օյմաճի (ōymači)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oymacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3656
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اویمه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 207
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اویمه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 275