چاپه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چاپه (çapa, “hoe”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix).

Noun

چاپه‌جی • (çapacı)

1. maker or seller of hoes; one who hoes
2. (formerly) military sapper and miner, a villager bound to such duty and free from taxes

Descendants

• Turkish: çapacı
• → Armenian: (Partizak) չափաճի (čʻapʻači)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاپه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 456
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 699