ماشه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ماشه (maşa, “tongs”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ماشه‌جی • (maşacı)

person who makes and sells rough iron tongs

Descendants

Turkish: maşacı

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “maşacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3075
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماشه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1659

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