بونجقجی
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From بونجق (boncuk, “bead”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]بونجقجی • (boncukcu)
- beadmaker, a manufacturer of beads
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: boncukçu
- →⇒ Armenian: Պոնճուգճյան (Pončugčyan)
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “boncukçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 650
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بونجقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 411