ایرجی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- էյէրճի (eyerci) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
From ایر (eyer, “saddle”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
ایرجی • (eyerci)
- saddler, saddlemaker, someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles
- Synonyms: زینساز (zinsaz), زینگر (zinger), سراج (sarac)
Derived terms
- ایرجیلك (eyercilik, “saddlery”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eyerci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1526
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایرجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 293