قازمه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قازمه (kazma, “excavation, trenching; pickaxe”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

قازمه‌جی • (kazmacı)

1. sapper, combat engineer, an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, or building fortifications, bridges, and roads

   Synonym: لغمجی (lağımcı)

Descendants

• Turkish: kazmacı
• → Armenian: խազմաճի (xazmači), ⇒ Գազմաճյան (Gazmačyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kazmacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2511
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “sapper”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 493a