یابانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یابان (yaban, “wilderness, wasteland; world of strangers”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

یابانجی • (yabancı)

  1. stranger, a person whom one does not know, or is not an acquaintance
  2. foreigner, outlander, alien, stranger, a person from another country

Descendants

  • Turkish: yabancı
  • → Armenian: յապանճի (yapanči)
  • → Romanian: iabangiu

Further reading

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