بالجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From بال (bal, “honey”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

بالجی • (balcı)

honey-dealer, a person who sells and trades honey

Descendants

Turkish: balcı
→⇒ Armenian: Բալջյան (Balǰyan)
→ Georgian: ბალჯი (balǯi)
→ Greek: μπαλτζής (baltzís), βαλτζής (valtzís)
→ Romanian: balgiu

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 449
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1037

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