عباجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From عبا (abâ, “aba, a coarse felted fabric from the Middle East”) + ـجی (cı, occupational suffix).
Noun
عباجی • (abacı)
- maker or seller of woollen homespun cloth or garments
Descendants
- Turkish: abacı
- →⇒ Armenian: Աբաջյան (Abaǰyan, a surname)
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عباجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1280