كامنچه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From كمانچه (kemençe, “small-sized violin”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

كامنچه‌جی • (kemençeci)

fiddler, violinist

Descendants

Turkish: kemençeci
→ Armenian: Քամանչաջյան (Kʻamančʻaǰyan), Քեմենչեջյան (Kʻemenčʻeǰyan); Քամանչաճեան (Kʻamančʻačean)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كامنچه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1570

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