الكجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From الك (elek, “sieve, riddle”) +‎ ـجی (-ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

الكجی • (elekci)

  1. maker or seller of sieves, riddles, strainers or cribbles
  2. siever, sifter, one who sieves or sifts
    Synonym: قلبورجی (kalburcu)

Derived terms

  • الكجیلك (elekcilik, “the profession of a sifter”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: elekçi
  • → Armenian: էլէքճի (ēlēkʻči), ⇒ Էլեքճյան (Ēlekʻčyan)

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