صافره‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صافره (safra, “ballast”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

صافره‌جی • (safracı)

  1. ballast-heaver, a laborer who heaves or lifts ballast

Descendants

  • → Armenian: սաֆրաճի (safrači), ⇒ Սաֆրաճյան (Safračyan)

Further reading

  • Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “ballast heaver”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 38a
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