شكرجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From شكر (şeker, “sugar; comfit, sugar-plum”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

شكرجی • (şekerci)

  1. confectioner, a maker or seller of confections and other sweet food items
    Synonym: حلواجی (helvacı)

Derived terms

  • شكرجی دكانی (şekerci dükkânı, “confectionery, sweetshop”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: şekerci
  • → Armenian: շեքերճի (šekʻerči)
  • → Bulgarian: шекерджи́я (šekerdžíja), ⇒ Шекерджиев (Šekerdžiev)

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