حلواجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From حلوا (helva, “halva, confection”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

حلواجی • (helvacı)

  1. confectioner, a maker or seller of confections and other sweet food items
    Synonym: شكرجی (şekerci)

Derived terms

  • حلواجی قباغی (helvacı kabağı, “winter squash”)
  • حلواجی چوغانی (helvacı çoganı, “root of the soapwort”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: helvacı
  • → Albanian: hallvaxhi
  • → Armenian: հէլվաճի (hēlvači), հալվաջի (halvaǰi), հալվաճի (halvači), ⇒ Հելվաճյան (Helvačyan)
  • → Ladino: halvadjí
  • → Romanian: halvagiu

Further reading

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