قارجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قار‎ (kar, “snow”) +‎ ـجی‎ (cı, occupational suffix).

Noun

قارجی • (karcı)

snow seller

Descendants

Turkish: Karcı (surname)
→⇒ Armenian: Գարճյան (Garčyan, surname)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قارجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 924
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “karcı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “karcı”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 606a

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