حمامجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From حمام (hamam, “hammam, Turkish bath”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

حمامجی • (hamamcı)

  1. the director of a hammam or Turkish bath
    Սէնի համամճը էտէն՝ պէնի տէ քիւլհանճը էտէր։ (Armeno-Turkish, proverb)[1]
    Seni hamamcı eden, beni de külhancı eder.
    He that made you owner of the bath, will make me servant of the same.

Derived terms

  • حمامجیلق (hamamcılık, “the work or duty of a hammam director”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hamamcı
  • → Albanian: hamamxhi
  • → Armenian: համամճի (hamamči), համամչի (hamamčʻi), ⇒ Համամչյան (Hamamčʻyan)

References

  1. ^ Sōmalean, Sukʻias (1843) Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkerenē yangġiakan ew i hay barbaṙ [A Pocket Dictionary of the Turkish, English and Armenian Languages], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 220

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