ساعتجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• սա’աթճը (saʼatcı), սահաթճը (sahatcı) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From ساعت (saʼat, “clock, watch”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʔatˈd͡ʒɯ/, [-tt͡ʃ-], (later) /-ˈd͡ʒi/, (vernacular) /-aha-/

Noun

ساعتجی • (saʼatcı, saʼatci)

1. clockmaker, watchmaker

Derived terms

• ساعتجیلك (saʼatcilik), ساعتجیلق (saʼatcılık)

Descendants

• Turkish: saatçi
• → Albanian: sahatçi
• → Armenian: սահաթչի (sahatʻčʻi), սահաթճի (sahatʻči), սաաթճի (saatʻči)
• → Aromanian: sãhãtci
• → Balkan Romani: sahatčis — Bugurdži
• → Greek: σαατσής (saatsís) — Cretan
• → Serbo-Croatian: sàjdžija／са̀јџија, sahàčija／саха̀чија

Further reading

• Seydi, Ali (1912) “ساعتجی”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی [resimli kamus-ı ʼosmani]‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), page 532b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ساعتجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 658b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساعتجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1028b
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “ساعتجی”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 410b
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “սա-’աթճը”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[4], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 795a