كامنچه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From كمانچه (kemençe, “small-sized violin”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

كامنچه‌جی • (kemençeci)

1. fiddler, violinist

Descendants

• Turkish: kemençeci
• → Armenian: Քամանչաջյան (Kʻamančʻaǰyan), Քեմենչեջյան (Kʻemenčʻeǰyan), Քամանչաճեան (Kʻamančʻačean) — Western Armenian, traditional orthography

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كامنچه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1570