یولجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • եօլճու (yolcu), եօլճի (yolci), եօլճը (yolcı) Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From یول (yol, road, street, way) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

یولجی • (yolcu)

  1. traveller, wayfarer, one who travels, especially to distant lands
    Synonym: سیاح (seyyah)

Derived terms

  • صو یولجی (su yolcu, plumber)
  • یولجی چیقارمق (yolcu çıkarmak, to set a traveller on his journey)
  • یولجیلق (yolculuk, quality or acts of a traveller)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yolcu
  • Albanian: jollxhi
  • Armenian: եօլճի (eōlči)
  • Serbo-Croatian: jòldžijaјо̀лџија

Further reading

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