چاپه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چاپه (çapa, “hoe”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix).

Noun

چاپه‌جی • (çapacı)

maker or seller of hoes; one who hoes
(formerly) military sapper and miner, a villager bound to such duty and free from taxes

Descendants

Turkish: çapacı
→ Armenian: (Partizak) չափաճի (čʻapʻači)

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاپه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 456
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 699

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