قانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

قان (kan, “blood”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix)

Noun

قانجی • (kancı)

1. blood-letter; phlebotomist
2. bloodthirsty tyrant

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1425