معدنجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From معدن (maʼden, “mine; mineral, metal, ore”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

معدنجی • (maʼdenci)

1. miner, a person who works in a mine

   Synonym: لغمجی (lağımcı)

2. mineralogist, an expert in mineralogy

Descendants

• Turkish: madenci
• → Armenian: մատէնճի (matēnči), ⇒ Մատենճյան (Matenčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “madenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3002
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معدنجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1191
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معدنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1906