مغازه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From مغازه (mağaza, “storeroom, store, shop”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

مغازه‌جی • (mağazacı)

1. storekeeper, shopkeeper, one who runs a shop, either the owner or manager

   Synonym: دكانجی (dükkâncı)

Descendants

• Turkish: mağazacı
• → Armenian: Մաղազաճյան (Maġazačyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mağazacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3008
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مغازه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1918