اوراقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اوراق (orak, “sickle”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اوراقجی • (orakcı)

  1. reaper, a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping

Derived terms

  • اوراقجیلق (orakcılık, “profession of a reaper”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: orakçı
  • → Armenian: օրախճի (ōraxči), ⇒ Օրագյան (Ōragyan)
  • → Romanian: oracciu

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