مابینجی
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom مابین (mabeyin, “room or set of rooms between the harem and the selamlik”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
editمابینجی • (mabeyinci)
- chamberlain, an official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs of the sultan
Derived terms
edit- باش مابینجی (baş mabeyinci, “archchamberlain”)
- مابینجیلك (mabeyincilik, “chamberlainship”)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: mabeyinci
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mabeyinci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2997
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مابینجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1088
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مابینجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1651