چاقماقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• چاقمقجی (çakmakcı)

Etymology

From چاقماق (çakmak, “firestriker, firesteel”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چاقماقجی • (çakmakcı)

1. maker or seller of firestrikers or firesteels

Descendants

• Turkish: çakmakçı
• →⇒ Armenian: Չախմախչյան (Čʻaxmaxčʻyan)

Further reading

• 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