ماله‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ماله (mala, “trowel”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ماله‌جی • (malacı)

1. maker or seller of trowels
2. plasterer, a person who plasters walls

   Synonym: صیواجی (sıvacı)

Descendants

• →⇒ Armenian: Մալաջյան (Malaǰyan)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماله‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662