معجونجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty; electuary”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

معجونجی • (maʼcuncu)

1. maker, seller or eater of medicated sugars or electuaries

Descendants

• Turkish: macuncu
• → Armenian: մաճունճի (mačunči), ⇒ Մաջունջյան (Maǰunǰyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “macuncu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2998
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معجونجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1191
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معجونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1905