اویاجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اویا (oya, “pinking”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اویاجی • (oyacı)

1. pinker, lacer, a worker or seller of pinking, laces, or embroidery

Descendants

• Turkish: oyacı

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اویا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 200
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oyacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3654
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اویاجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 205
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اویاجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 272