سولوكجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From سولوك (sülük, “leech”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
سولوكجی • (sülükcü)
- leech-fisher, leech-merchant, a person who collects and sells leeches or that applies them to the sick
Descendants
- Turkish: sülükçü
- →⇒ Armenian: Սյուլյուքճյան (Syulyukʻčyan)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sülükçü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4375
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سولوكجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1094