چیچكجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چیچك (çiçek, “flower”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چیچكجی • (çiçekci)

1. florist, a person who cultivates or sells flowers

Descendants

• Turkish: çiçekçi
• → Armenian: չիչէքճի (čʻičʻēkʻči), ⇒ Չիչեքճյան (Čʻičʻekʻčyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çiçekçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 985
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چیچكجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 484
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیچكجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 743