مركبجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From مركب (mürekkeb, “ink”) +‎ ـجی (-ci, -cü, occupational suffix).

Noun

مركبجی • (mürekkebci)

person who manufactures or sells ink professionally

Descendants

Turkish: mürekkepçi

Further reading

click to expand

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mürekkepçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3385
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركبجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركبجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815

Etymology 2

From مركب (merkeb, “ass, donkey”) +‎ ـجی (-ci, -cü, occupational suffix).

Noun

مركبجی • (merkebci)

dealer in donkeys or donkey-driver
Synonym: اشكجی (eşekci)

Descendants

Turkish: merkepçi

Further reading

click to expand

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merkepçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3153
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركبجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.