بالونجی

بالونجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

بالون‎ (balon, “balloon”) +‎ ـجی‎ (cı, occupational suffix)

Noun

بالونجی • (baloncı)

1. aeronaut
2. balloon maker

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “بالونجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 249
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “بالونجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 335