چاماشیرجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چاماشیر (çamaşır, “laundry”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چاماشیرجی • (çamaşırcı)

  1. washerman, laundryman, launderer, a man who washes people's laundry, usually for payment
    Synonyms: غسال (gassal), یایقایجی (yaykayıcı)

Derived terms

  • چاماشیرجی دكانی (çamaşırcı dükkânı, “laundry, lavatory”)
  • چاماشیرجی قادین (çamaşırcı kadın, “washerwoman”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çamaşırcı
  • → Armenian: չամաշըրճի (čʻamašərči), չամաշուրճի (čʻamašurči), ⇒ Չամաշըրճյան (Čʻamašərčyan)

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