بكجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish, equivalent to پك (pek, “firm, strong”) + ـجی (-çı, “occupational suffix”), so someone who watches out steadily.
Noun
بكجی • (bekçi)
- guard, sentry, watchman
Descendants
- Turkish: bekçi
- → Armenian: պեքճի (pekʿči)
- → Bulgarian: бекчѝя (bekčìja)
- → Macedonian: бекчија (bekčija)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бѐкчија
- Latin: bèkčija