بالجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From بال (bal, “honey”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

بالجی • (balcı)

1. honey-dealer, a person who sells and trades honey

Descendants

• Turkish: balcı
• →⇒ Armenian: Բալջյան (Balǰyan)
• → Georgian: ბალჯი (balǯi)
• → Greek: μπαλτζής (baltzís), βαλτζής (valtzís)
• → Romanian: balgiu

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “balcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 449
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1037