زنجیرجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زنجیر (zincir, “chain”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

زنجیرجی • (zincirci)

1. maker or seller of chains

Descendants

• Turkish: zincirci
• → Armenian: զինճիլճի (zinčilči), ⇒ Զինջիրջյան (Zinǰirǰyan), Զենջիրջյան (Zenǰirǰyan), Զինճիրճյան (Zinčirčyan), Զենճիրճյան (Zenčirčyan) — Western Armenian

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zincirci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5487
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنجیرجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1016