بونجقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From بونجق (boncuk, “bead”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

بونجقجی • (boncukcu)

1. beadmaker, a manufacturer of beads

Descendants

• Turkish: boncukçu
• →⇒ Armenian: Պոնճուգճյան (Pončugčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “boncukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 650
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بونجقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 411