مركبجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From مركب (mürekkeb, “ink”) +‎ ـجی (-ci, -cü, occupational suffix).

Noun

مركبجی • (mürekkebci)

1. person who manufactures or sells ink professionally

Descendants

• Turkish: mürekkepçi

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mürekkepçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3385
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركبجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركبجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815

Etymology 2

From مركب (merkeb, “ass, donkey”) +‎ ـجی (-ci, -cü, occupational suffix).

Noun

مركبجی • (merkebci)

1. dealer in donkeys or donkey-driver

   Synonym: اشكجی (eşekci)

Descendants

• Turkish: merkepçi

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merkepçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3153
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركبجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815