ماشه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ماشه (maşa, “tongs”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ماشه‌جی • (maşacı)

1. person who makes and sells rough iron tongs

Descendants

• Turkish: maşacı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “maşacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3075
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماشه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1659