زلجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From زل (zil, “cymbal, gong, castanet”) + ـجی (ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
زلجی • (zilci)
- maker or seller of cymbals, gongs, and the like
- gong-beater; cymbal-player; castanet-player
Descendants
- →⇒ Armenian: Զիլճյան (Zilčyan, surname)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زلجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011