فشنكجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From فشنك (fişenk, “cartridge; firework”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
فشنكجی • (fişenkçi)
- manufacturer or seller of cartridges or fireworks, pyrotechnist
Descendants
- Turkish: fişekçi
- →⇒ Armenian: Ֆիշենկճյան (Fišenkčyan)
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فشنكجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 900
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فشنكجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1386