زلجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زل (zil, “cymbal, gong, castanet”) +‎ ـجی (ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

زلجی • (zilci)

1. maker or seller of cymbals, gongs, and the like
2. gong-beater; cymbal-player; castanet-player

Descendants

• →⇒ Armenian: Զիլճյան (Zilčyan, surname)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011