طورنه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طورنه (turna, “crane”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

طورنه‌جی • (turnacı)

(historical) keeper of the cranes at the Imperial palace in olden times

Derived terms

طورنه‌جی باشی (turnacı başı, “the chief of the crane-keeprs”)

Descendants

Turkish: turnacı
→ Greek: τουρνατζής (tournatzís)
→ Polish: turnadzy
→ Romanian: turnagiu
→ Serbo-Croatian: turnàdžija／турна̀џија

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “turnacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4915
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طورنه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورنه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1254

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