قلمجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قلم (kalem, “reed”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

قلمجی • (kalemci)

seller of reeds for pens

Descendants

Turkish: kalemci
→⇒ Armenian: Գալեմճյան (Galemčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kalemci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2353
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلمجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1472

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