یالدزجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یالدیزجی (yaldızcı)

Etymology

From یالدز (yaldız, gilding) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

یالدزجی • (yaldızcı)

  1. gilder, a person whose occupation is to overlay things with gold
    Synonym: تذهیبجی (tezhibci)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yaldızcı
  • Armenian: եալտըզճի (ealtəzči), յալդուզջի (yalduzǰi), Յալտըզճյան (Yaltəzčyan)

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