طراقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طراق (tarak, “comb; rake”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

طراقجی • (tarakcı)

1. maker or seller of combs or rakes

Descendants

• Turkish: tarakçı
• →⇒ Armenian: Թարախչյան (Tʻaraxčʻyan), Դարակչյան (Darakčʻyan), Դարախչյան (Daraxčʻyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tarakçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4604
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طراقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 802
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طراقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1235