ایرجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• էյէրճի (eyerci) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From ایر (eyer, “saddle”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ایرجی • (eyerci)

1. saddler, saddlemaker, someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles

   Synonyms: زینساز (zinsaz), زینگر (zinger), سراج (sarac)

Derived terms

• ایرجیلك (eyercilik, “saddlery”)

Descendants

• Turkish: eyerci
• →⇒ Armenian: Էյերճյան (Ēyerčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eyerci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1526
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایرجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 293