خرمانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • خرمنجی (hirmenci)

Etymology

From خرمان (harman, “threshing; threshing floor”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

خرمانجی • (harmancı)

  1. thresher, thresherman, a farmer whose occupation is loosening the edible part of grain from the straw to which it is attached

Descendants

  • Turkish: harmancı

Further reading

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