طورنهجی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From طورنه (turna, “crane”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun edit
طورنهجی • (turnacı)
- (historical) keeper of the cranes at the Imperial palace in olden times
Derived terms edit
- طورنهجی باشی (turnacı başı, “the chief of the crane-keeprs”)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: turnacı
- → Greek: τουρνατζής (tournatzís)
- → Polish: turnadzy
- → Romanian: turnagiu
- → Serbo-Croatian: turnàdžija／турна̀џија
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “turnacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4915
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طورنهجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورنهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1254