چیچكجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چیچك (çiçek, “flower”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

چیچكجی • (çiçekci)

florist, a person who cultivates or sells flowers

Descendants

Turkish: çiçekçi
→ Armenian: չիչէքճի (čʻičʻēkʻči), ⇒ Չիչեքճյան (Čʻičʻekʻčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çiçekçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 985
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چیچكجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 484
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیچكجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 743

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