صالجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صال (sal, “raft, float”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani salçı.

Noun

صالجی • (salcı)

  1. raftsman, rafter, a person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill, or a conductor of a raft

Descendants

  • Turkish: salcı
  • → Armenian: Սալճյան (Salčyan)

Further reading

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