خراججی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• խարաճճը (haraccı) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From خراج (harac, “tax, tribute”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

خراججی • (haraccı)

1. tax collector, taxman, one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes

Derived terms

• خراججی باشی (haraccı başı, “chief tax collector”)

Descendants

• Turkish: haraççı
• → Armenian: ⇒ Խարաճճյան (Xaraččyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haraççı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1871
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خراججی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 534
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خراججی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 836