سمیدجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From سمید (simid, “semolina; simit, a kind of bread”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

سمیدجی • (simidci)

1. maker, seller, or habitual eater of simit

Descendants

• Turkish: simitçi
• →⇒ Armenian: Սիմիթճյան (Simitʻčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “simitçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4246
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمیدجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمیدجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1079