اصناف

See also: أصناف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْنَاف (ʔaṣnāf), plural of صِنْف (ṣinf).

Noun

اصناف • (esnaf)

plural of صنف (sınıf, “trade, guild”)
guild
artisan, tradesman

Descendants

Turkish: esnaf
→ Armenian: էսնաֆ (ēsnaf)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esnaf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصناف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 131

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