زندانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زندان (zindân, “jail, prison; dungeon”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

زندانجی • (zindâncı)

  1. jailer, warder, turnkey, dungeoner, a person who enforces confinement in a jail or prison
    Synonyms: زندانبان (zindânbân), سجان (seccan)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zindancı
  • → Armenian: զընտանճի (zəntanči), ⇒ Զնտանճյան (Zntančyan)
  • → Bulgarian: занданджия (zandandžija)
  • → Macedonian: занданџија (zandandžija)

Further reading

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