انفیه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

انفیه (enfiye) +‎ ـجی (-ci), derived from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”).

Noun

انفیه‌جی • (enfiyeci)

  1. snuff merchant

Descendants

  • Turkish: enfiyeci, Enfiyeci
  • →⇒ Armenian: Էնֆիաջյան (Ēnfiaǰyan), Էնֆիաճյան (Ēnfiačyan), Ինֆիջյան (Infiǰyan), Էնֆենջյան (Ēnfenǰyan), Էնֆիջյան (Ēnfiǰyan), Էնֆիճյան (Ēnfičyan), Էնֆեջյան (Ēnfeǰyan), Էնֆիաչյան (Ēnfiačʻyan), Էնֆիեճյան (Ēnfiečyan)
    • → English: Enfiajyan, Enfiadjian, Enfiajian
    • → Russian: Энфиаджя́н (Enfiadžján)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 342
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “انفیه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 164a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “enfiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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