قایماقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قایماق‎ (kaymak, “kaymak, clotted cream”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

قایماقجی • (kaymakcı)

maker or seller of kaymak, a dairy product similar to clotted cream

Descendants

Turkish: kaymakçı
→ Armenian: խայմախճի (xaymaxči), ⇒ Քայմաքճյան (Kʿaymakʿčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kaymakçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2498
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قایماقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1429

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