چیویجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From چیوی (çivi, “peg, treenail, nail”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
چیویجی • (çivici)
- nailer, one whose occupation is to make, sell, fasten, or drive nails
Derived terms
- چیویجیلك (çivicilik, “nailery”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çivici”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1015
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “nailer”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 355a