اوطونجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اوطون (odun, “firewood”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اوطونجی • (oduncu)

1. lumberjack, a person whose job is to fell trees
2. dealer in firewood, a person who collects or sells firewood

Descendants

• Turkish: oduncu
• → Armenian: օտունճի (ōtunči)
• → Greek: οντουντζής (ontountzís)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oduncu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3586
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوطونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 255