Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish قزانجی (kazancı), equivalent to kazan +‎ -cı.

Noun

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kazancı (definite accusative kazancıyı, plural kazancılar)

  1. maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles, or boilers
  2. stoker, fireman

References

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قزعانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1451

Etymology 2

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Noun

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kazancı

  1. definite accusative of kazanç