قوشجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قوش (kuş, “bird”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

قوشجی • (kuşcu)

1. fowler, birdcatcher, someone who catches or ensnares birds

Derived terms

• قوشجی باشی (kuşçu başı, “the Sultan's head fowler”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kuşçu
• →⇒ Armenian: Գուշչյան (Guščʻyan), Ղուշչյան (Ġuščʻyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuşçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2863
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوشجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 983
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “fowler”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 205a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوشجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1488