چوركجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چورك (çörek, “bun, sweet bread”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چوركجی • (çörekci)

1. maker or seller of buns

Descendants

• Turkish: çörekçi
• → Armenian: չէօրէքճի (čʻēōrēkʻči), չօրաքճի (čʻōrakʻči), ⇒ Չորեքչյան (Čʻorekʻčʻyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çörekçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1048
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوركجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 735