چرچوه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چرچوه (çerçeve, “frame”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چرچوه‌جی • (çerçeveci)

1. framer, a person who makes or assembles frames for various purposes

Descendants

• Turkish: çerçeveci

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çerçeveci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 936
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “framer”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 205b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چرچوه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 717