چاپهجی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From چاپه (çapa, “hoe”) + ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix).
Noun[edit]
چاپهجی • (çapacı)
- maker or seller of hoes; one who hoes
- (formerly) military sapper and miner, a villager bound to such duty and free from taxes
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاپهجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 456
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 699