كفنجی
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom كفن (kefen, “shroud, winding cloth”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
editكفنجی • (kefenci)
- maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead
- (figuratively) graverobber, one who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit
Descendants
edit- Turkish: kefenci
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kefenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2521
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كفنجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1031
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كفنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557