خالیجی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From خالی (halı, “carpet”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun edit
خالیجی • (halıcı)
- carpetmaker, carpetmonger, a manufacturer or trader of carpets
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “halıcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1849
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خالیجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 825