قپوجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

قپو +‎ ـجی

Noun

قپوجی • (kapıcı, kapucu)

1. doorman
2. gatekeeper in the Ottoman palace

Descendants

• → Romanian: capugiu
• Turkish: kapıcı

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1867) “قپو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 972
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قپوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1436