معجونجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From معجون (maʼcun, “paste; putty; electuary”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

معجونجی • (maʼcuncu)

maker, seller or eater of medicated sugars or electuaries

Descendants

Turkish: macuncu
→ Armenian: մաճունճի (mačunči), ⇒ Մաջունջյան (Maǰunǰyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “macuncu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2998
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معجونجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1191
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معجونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1905

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