اصناف

اصناف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْنَاف‎ (ʾaṣnāf), plural of صِنْف‎ (ṣinf).

Noun

اصناف • (esnaf)

1. plural of صنف‎ (sınıf, “trade, guild”)
2. guild
3. artisan, tradesman

Descendants

• Turkish: esnaf
• → Armenian: էսնաֆ (ēsnaf)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “esnaf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “اصناف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 131