اورمانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اورمان (orman, “forest, wood”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اورمانجی • (ormancı)

forest-guard, a person who looks after forest works

Descendants

Turkish: ormancı
→⇒ Armenian: Օրմանջյան (Ōrmanǰyan), Օրմանճյան (Ōrmančyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ormancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3632
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اورمانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 246

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