صاواشجی

Ottoman Turkish

From صاواش‎ (savaş, “battle, fight, combat”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

صاواشجی • (savaşcı)

warrior, fighter, combatant, a person who is actively engaged in a battle
Synonyms: جنكجی‎ (cenkci), دوغشجی‎ (döğüşcü)
brawler, wrangler, rooster, one who engages in noisy, unseemly fights

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