ماكینه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ماكینه‎ (makina, “machine”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ماكینه‌جی • (makinacı)

mechanic, someone who works with and repairs machines

Descendants

Turkish: makineci
→ Armenian: մաքինաճի (makʿinači), մաքինաջի (makʿinaǰi), ⇒ Մաքինաջյան (Makʿinaǰyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “makineci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3029
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ماكینه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1094

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