صوجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صو (su, “water”) +‎ ـجی (-cu, “maker or seller”).

Noun

صوجی • (sucu)

1. waterman, water carrier, someone who distributes or supplies water for a living

   Synonym: سقا (saka)

Descendants

• Turkish: sucu
• → Armenian: սուճի (suči), սուչի (sučʻi), սուջի (suǰi), ⇒ Սուջյան (Suǰyan), Սուճյան (Sučyan) — Western Armenian
  • → English: Sujyan, Sudjian, Sujian, Suddjian, Sudjyan
  • → French: Soudjian
  • → Russian: Суджя́н (Sudžján)
  • → Turkish: Suciyan, Sucuyan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sucu1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4343
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1190