جامجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From جام (cam, “glass”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

جامجی • (camcı)

glazier, a craftsman who works with glass

Derived terms

جامجی معجونی (camcı maʼcunu, “glazier's putty”)

Descendants

Turkish: camcı
→ Albanian: xhamaxhi
→ Armenian: ճամճի (čamči), ⇒ Ճամճյան (Čamčyan)
→ Romanian: geamgiu

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “camcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 747
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جامجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 430
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جامجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 636

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