بوزاجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بوزه‌جی (bozacı)

Etymology

From بوزا (boza, “a kind of fermented drink”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

بوزاجی • (bozacı)

1. maker or seller of boza, a kind of fermented drink originating from Central Asia

Descendants

• Turkish: bozacı
• → Albanian: bozaxhi
• → Armenian: պօզաճի (pōzači), ⇒ Պոզաճյան (Pozačyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bozacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 666
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوزه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 287
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بوزاجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 398