كامنچهجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From كمانچه (kemençe, “small-sized violin”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
كامنچهجی • (kemençeci)
- fiddler, violinist
Descendants
- Turkish: kemençeci
- → Armenian: Քամանչաջյան (Kʿamančʿaǰyan), Քեմենչեջյան (Kʿemenčʿeǰyan)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كامنچهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1570