چاقماقجی
Ottoman Turkish
editAlternative forms
edit- چاقمقجی (çakmakcı)
Etymology
editFrom چاقماق (çakmak, “firestriker, firesteel”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
editچاقماقجی • (çakmakcı)
- maker or seller of firestrikers or firesteels
Descendants
edit- Turkish: çakmakçı
- →⇒ Armenian: Չախմախչյան (Čʻaxmaxčʻyan)
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çakmakçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 862
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاقماقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 461
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاقماقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 706