دیلنجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• տիլէնճի (dilenci) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From دیلنمك (dilenmek, “to beg”) +‎ ـجی (-ci, “-er”).

Noun

دیلنجی • (dilenci) (definite accusative دیلنجیی (dilenciyi), plural دیلنجیلر (dilenciler))

1. beggar, mendicant

   Synonyms: سائل (sa’il), گدا (geda)

Derived terms

• دیلنجیلك (dilencilik, “mendicancy”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: dilenci
• → Armenian: (Constantinople) տիլէնճի (tilēnči), (Van) դիլա̈նջի (dilänǰi)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dilenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1223a
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “دیلنجی”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 368b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دیلنجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 600b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dilenci”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “տիլէնճի”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[2], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 905b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیلنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 939b
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دیلنجی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 644c