دوشهمهجی
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From دوشهمه (döşeme, “furniture; upholstery”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]دوشهمهجی • (döşemeci)
- upholsterer, someone who upholsters furniture, especially a trained craftsman who does so as an occupation
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: döşemeci
- →⇒ Armenian: Տյոշեմեճյան (Tyošemečyan)
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “döşemeci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1294
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “upholsterer”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 642b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوشهمهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 924