انفیهجی
Appearance
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]انفیه (enfiye) + ـجی (-ci), derived from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”).
Noun
[edit]انفیهجی • (enfiyeci)
- snuff merchant
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: enfiyeci, Enfiyeci
- →⇒ Armenian: Էնֆիաջյան (Ēnfiaǰyan), Էնֆիաճյան (Ēnfiačyan), Ինֆիջյան (Infiǰyan), Էնֆենջյան (Ēnfenǰyan), Էնֆիջյան (Ēnfiǰyan), Էնֆիճյան (Ēnfičyan), Էնֆեջյան (Ēnfeǰyan), Էնֆիաչյան (Ēnfiačʻyan), Էնֆիեճյան (Ēnfiečyan)
- → English: Enfiajyan, Enfiadjian, Enfiajian
- → Russian: Энфиаджя́н (Enfiadžján)
Further reading
[edit]- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 342
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “انفیهجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 164a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “enfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük