ماكینه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ماكینه (makina, “machine”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ماكینه‌جی • (makinacı)

1. mechanic, someone who works with and repairs machines

Descendants

• Turkish: makineci
• → Armenian: մաքինաճի (makʻinači), մաքինաջի (makʻinaǰi), ⇒ Մաքինաջյան (Makʻinaǰyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “makineci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3029
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ماكینه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1094