لونجه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from either Italian loggia (loge; lodge) or Greek λόντζα (lóntza). Doublet of لوجه (loca, loge; lodge).

Noun

لونجه • (lonca)

  1. guild, corporation, any association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft or trade
  2. (by extension) guildhall, hanse, a hall, building, or palace where a guild or corporation usually assembles

Descendants

  • Turkish: lonca
  • Armenian: լօնճա (lōnča)

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lonca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2978
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لونجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1084
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “londja”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 317
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 44
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lonca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لونجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1645
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