صندوقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صندوق (sandık, “chest, trunk, coffer”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

صندوقجی • (sandıkcı)

1. boxmaker, a maker, seller, or manufacturer of boxes, chests and similar containers

   Synonym: قوطیجی (kutucu)

Descendants

• Turkish: sandıkçı
• →⇒ Armenian: Սանդուխչյան (Sanduxčʻyan), Սանտըգճյան (Santəgčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sandıkçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4058
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صندوقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 768
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صندوقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187