قیوجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

قویوجی (kuyucu)

Etymology

From قیو (kuyu, “well”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

قیوجی • (kuyucu)

welldigger, a person who digs a well

Descendants

Turkish: kuyucu
→⇒ Armenian: Գույուճյան (Guyučyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuyucu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2875
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قویوجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 994
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1511

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