زنجیرجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زنجیر (zincir, “chain”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

زنجیرجی • (zincirci)

maker or seller of chains

Descendants

Turkish: zincirci
→ Armenian: զինճիլճի (zinčilči), ⇒ Զինջիրջյան (Zinǰirǰyan), Զենջիրջյան (Zenǰirǰyan); Զինճիրճյան (Zinčirčyan), Զենճիրճյան (Zenčirčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zincirci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5487
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنجیرجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1016

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