شریتجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From شریت (şerit, “ribbon, tape”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

شریتجی • (şeritci)

1. ribbonmaker, one who makes ribbons or similar decorative tapes

   Synonym: قوردله‌جی (kordelacı)

Descendants

• Turkish: şeritçi
• →⇒ Armenian: Շերիտճյան (Šeritčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şeritçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4462
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “ribbon weaver”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 477b