قالجی

From قال (kal, “smelting, refining”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

قالجی • (kalcı)

1. smelter, refiner, a person employed to do smelting or refining of metals

• Turkish: kalcı
• → Armenian: խալճի (xalči), ⇒ Գալճյան (Galčyan)

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