قیوجی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- قویوجی (kuyucu)
Etymology[edit]
From قیو (kuyu, “well”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun[edit]
قیوجی • (kuyucu)
- welldigger, a person who digs a well
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: kuyucu
- →⇒ Armenian: Գույուճյան (Guyučyan)
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuyucu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2875
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قویوجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 994
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1511