سپتجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From سپت (sepet, “basket”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

سپتجی • (sepetci)

1. maker or seller of baskets

   Synonym: زنبیلجی (zembilci)

Descendants

• Turkish: sepetçi
• →⇒ Armenian: Սեպետչյան (Sepetčʻyan), Սեփետճյան (Sepʻetčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sepetçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4147
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سپتجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 665
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سپتجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1037