مغازه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From مغازه (mağaza, “storeroom, store, shop”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

مغازه‌جی • (mağazacı)

storekeeper, shopkeeper, one who runs a shop, either the owner or manager
Synonym: دكانجی (dükkâncı)

Descendants

Turkish: mağazacı
→ Armenian: Մաղազաճյան (Maġazačyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mağazacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3008
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مغازه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1918

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