معدنجی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From معدن (maʼden, “mine; mineral, metal, ore”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun edit
معدنجی • (maʼdenci)
- miner, a person who works in a mine
- mineralogist, an expert in mineralogy
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “madenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3002
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معدنجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1191
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معدنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1906