طورنه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طورنه (turna, “crane”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

طورنه‌جی • (turnacı)

1. (historical) keeper of the cranes at the Imperial palace in olden times

Derived terms

• طورنه‌جی باشی (turnacı başı, “the chief of the crane-keeprs”)

Descendants

• Turkish: turnacı
• → Greek: τουρνατζής (tournatzís)
• → Polish: turnadzy
• → Romanian: turnagiu
• → Serbo-Croatian: turnàdžija / турна̀џија

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “turnacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4915
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طورنه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورنه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1254