سمیدجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From سمید (simid, “semolina; simit, a kind of bread”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
سمیدجی • (simidci)
- maker, seller, or habitual eater of simit
Descendants
- Turkish: simitçi
- →⇒ Armenian: Սիմիթճյան (Simitʿčyan)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “simitçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4246
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سمیدجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سمیدجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1079