چیویجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چیوی (çivi, “peg, treenail, nail”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چیویجی • (çivici)

1. nailer, one whose occupation is to make, sell, fasten, or drive nails

Derived terms

• چیویجیلك (çivicilik, “nailery”)

Descendants

• Turkish: çivici
• →⇒ Armenian: Չիվիճյան (Čʻivičyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çivici”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1015
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “nailer”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 355a