قیوجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قویوجی (kuyucu)

Etymology

From قیو (kuyu, “well”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

قیوجی • (kuyucu)

1. welldigger, a person who digs a well

Descendants

• Turkish: kuyucu
• →⇒ Armenian: Գույուճյան (Guyučyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuyucu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2875
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قویوجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 994
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1511