حمامجی

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From حمام (hamam, hammam, Turkish bath) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

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حمامجی (hamamcı)

  1. the director of a hammam or Turkish bath
    Սէնի համամճը էտէն՝ պէնի տէ քիւլհանճը էտէր։ (Armeno-Turkish, proverb)[1]
    Seni hamamcı eden, beni de külhancı eder.
    He that made you owner of the bath, will make me servant of the same.

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References

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  1. ^ Sōmalean, Sukʻias (1843) Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkerenē yangġiakan ew i hay barbaṙ, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 220

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