قوطیجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From قوطی (kutu, “box”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
قوطیجی • (kutucu)
- boxmaker, a maker, seller, or manufacturer of boxes, chests and similar containers
- Synonym: صندوقجی (sandıkcı)
Descendants
- Turkish: kutucu
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kutucu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2868
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوطیجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1489