قاشیقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From قاشیق (kaşık, “spoon”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

قاشیقجی • (kaşıkcı)

  1. spoonmaker, a manufacturer of spoons
  2. (figuratively) glutton, gourmand, big eater
    Synonym: اوبور (obur)

Derived terms

  • قاشیقجی آوردی (kaşıkcı avurdu, “grimace of disappointment”)
  • قاشیقجی الماسی (kaşıkcı elması, “the largest diamond in the Ottoman regalia”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kaşıkçı
  • → Arabic: خَاشُقْجِي (ḵāšuqjī)
  • →⇒ Armenian: Գաշըգճյան (Gašəgčyan)

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