كفنجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From كفن (kefen, “shroud, winding cloth”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

كفنجی • (kefenci, kefinci)

1. maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead
2. (figuratively) graverobber, one who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit

Descendants

• Turkish: kefenci
• →⇒ Armenian: Քեֆենջյան (Kʻefenǰyan)

Further reading

• 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