چاقماقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

چاقمقجی (çakmakcı)

Etymology

From چاقماق (çakmak, “firestriker, firesteel”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چاقماقجی • (çakmakcı)

maker or seller of firestrikers or firesteels

Descendants

Turkish: çakmakçı
→⇒ Armenian: Չախմախչյան (Čʻaxmaxčʻyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çakmakçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 862
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاقماقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 461
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاقماقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 706

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