Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Derived from سبزوات (sebzevat) +‎ ـجی (çı). See سبزوات for more.

Noun edit

سبزواتجی (sebzevatçı)

  1. a vegetable seller; a vegetable hawker, a greengrocer

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: զավզավաթճի (zavzavatʻči), Զավզավաթճյան (Zavzavatʻčyan)

Further reading edit

  • Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “سبزواتجی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 705