اسیرجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
اسیر (esir, yesir, “captive, slave”) + ـجی (-ci, occupational suffix), the first part from Arabic أَسِير (ʾasīr, “prisoner of war”).
Noun
اسیرجی • (esirci or yesirci)
- slave dealer
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “اسیرجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 116