اوطونجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اوطون (odun, “firewood”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اوطونجی • (oduncu)

lumberjack, a person whose job is to fell trees
dealer in firewood, a person who collects or sells firewood

Descendants

Turkish: oduncu
→ Armenian: օտունճի (ōtunči)
→ Greek: οντουντζής (ontountzís)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oduncu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3586
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوطونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 255

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