بالونجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

بالون (balon, “balloon”) +‎ ـجی (cı, occupational suffix)

Noun

بالونجی • (baloncı)

1. aeronaut
2. balloon maker

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالونجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 249
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335