كفنجی
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From كفن (kefen, “shroud, winding cloth”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]كفنجی • (kefenci, kefinci)
- maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead
- (figuratively) graverobber, one who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kefenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2521
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كفنجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1031
- Molino, Giovanni (1641) “beccamorto”, in Dittionario della lingua italiana turchesca, Rome: Gioiofi, column 69, spelling as kiefingi
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كفنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557