چورباجی

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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چوربا (çorba, soup) +‎ ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix)

Noun

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چورباجی (çorbacı)

  1. (literally) soup vendor
  2. (military) official title for a colonel of the Janissaries
  3. (rare) official receiver and entertainer of guests in a village
  4. conventional title applied Christian members of the rural elite, heads of villages and rich peasants in the Ottoman Empire

Descendants

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  • Turkish: çorbacı (soup vendor, Christian member of the rural elite)
  • Bulgarian: чорбаджия (čorbadžija, wealthy peasant, kulak, boss)
  • Greek: τσορμπατζής (tsormpatzís, wealthy peasant, village mayor)
  • Armenian: չորպաճի (čʻorpači, wealthy peasant) (Western Armenian), Չորբաջյան (Čʻorbaǰyan)
  • Macedonian: чорбаџија (čorbadžija, wealthy peasant, boss)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: чорбаџија (wealthy peasant)
    Latin script: čorbadžija

References

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