بویاجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From بویا (boya, “paint, dye”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

بویاجی • (boyacı)

  1. dyer, one who dyes cloth as an occupation
    Synonym: صباغ (sebbağ)

Derived terms

  • بویاجی كوپی (boyacı küpü, “dyer's vat”)
  • بویاجیلق (boyacılık, “the profession of a dyer”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: boyacı
  • → Albanian: bojaxhi
  • → Armenian: պոյաճի (poyači), ⇒ Armenian: Բոյաջյան (Boyaǰyan)
  • → Greek: μπογιατζής (bogiatzís)
  • → Macedonian: бојаџија (bojadžija)
  • → Romanian: boiangiu

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