ماله‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ماله (mala, “trowel”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ماله‌جی • (malacı)

maker or seller of trowels
plasterer, a person who plasters walls

Descendants

→⇒ Armenian: Մալաջյան (Malaǰyan)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماله‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662

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