اوطونجی
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From اوطون (odun, “firewood”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]اوطونجی • (oduncu)
- lumberjack, a person whose job is to fell trees
- dealer in firewood, a person who collects or sells firewood
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: oduncu
- → Armenian: օտունճի (ōtunči)
- → Greek: οντουντζής (ontountzís)
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oduncu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3586
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوطونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 255