جندره‌جی

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From جندره (cendere, press, mangle, calender) +‎ ـجی (cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

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جندره‌جی (cendereci)

  1. maker or user of presses, pressman
  2. (by extension) governor who tortures by the press

Descendants

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  • Turkish: cendereci
  • Armenian: Ճենտերեճյան (Čenterečyan)

Further reading

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جندره‌جی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 1662
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جندره‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 682