ساعتجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • սա’աթճը (saʼatcı), սահաթճը (sahatcı) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From ساعت (saʼat, “clock, watch”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saʔatˈd͡ʒɯ/, [-tt͡ʃ-], (later) /-ˈd͡ʒi/, (vernacular) /-aha-/

Noun

ساعتجی • (saʼatcı, saʼatci)

  1. clockmaker, watchmaker

Derived terms

  • ساعتجیلك (saʼatcilik), ساعتجیلق (saʼatcılık)

Descendants

  • Turkish: saatçi
  • → Albanian: sahatçi
  • → Armenian: սահաթչի (sahatʻčʻi), սահաթճի (sahatʻči), սաաթճի (saatʻči)
  • → Aromanian: sãhãtci
  • → Balkan Romani: sahatčis — Bugurdži
  • → Greek: σαατσής (saatsís) — Crete
  • → Persian: ساعتچی (sâ'atči)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sàjdžija / са̀јџија, sahàčija / саха̀чија

Further reading

  • Seydi, Ali (1912) “ساعتجی”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی [resimli kamus-ı ʼosmani]‎[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), page 532b
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ساعتجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 658b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساعتجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1028b
  • Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “ساعتجی”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 410b
  • Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “սա-’աթճը”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎[4], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 795a
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