یولجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • եօլճու (yolcu), եօլճի (yolci), եօլճը (yolcı) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From یول (yol, “road, street, way”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

یولجی • (yolcu)

  1. traveller, wayfarer, one who travels, especially to distant lands
    Synonym: سیاح (seyyah)

Derived terms

  • صو یولجی (su yolcu, “plumber”)
  • یولجی چیقارمق (yolcu çıkarmak, “to set a traveller on his journey”)
  • یولجیلق (yolculuk, “quality or acts of a traveller”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yolcu
  • → Albanian: jollxhi
  • → Armenian: եօլճի (eōlči), Եօլչի (Eōlčʻi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: jòldžija / јо̀лџија

Further reading

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