باشمقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • باشماقچی (başmakçı)

Etymology

From باشمق (başmak, flat shoe, like slippers or babouches) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

باشمقجی • (başmakcı)

  1. shoemaker, a maker or seller of shoes, especially slippers, babouches and pantofles
    Synonym: پابوججی (pabuccu)

Descendants

  • Turkish: başmakçı

Proper noun

باشمقجی • (başmakcı)

  1. Başmakçı (a town and districtp, an Afyonkarahisar in Turkey)

Descendants

Further reading