قفسجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قفس (kafes, “cage; lattice”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

قفسجی • (kafesci)

  1. wireworker, one who manufactures articles from wire
  2. maker or seller of birdcages or lattices

Descendants

  • Turkish: kafesçi
  • → Armenian: խաֆէսճի (xafēsči), ⇒ Գաֆեսճյան (Gafesčyan)

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