فنارجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From فنار (fenar, fener, “lantern; ligthhouse”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

فنارجی • (fenarcı or fenerci)

  1. maker or seller of lanterns, street lamps or similar objects used to illuminate the surroundings
  2. lighthouse keeper, lighthouseman, a person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light

Derived terms

  • فنارجی تلی (fenarcı teli, fenerci teli, “thin wire on which the waxed-cloth of lanterns is stretched”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: fenerci
  • → Armenian: ֆէնէրճի (fēnērči), ֆէնէռճի (fēnēṙči), ֆա̈նա̈րջի (fänärǰi), ⇒ Ֆանարջյան (Fanarǰyan)
  • → Romanian: fanaragiu

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