ماشهجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From ماشه (maşa, “tongs”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
ماشهجی • (maşacı)
- person who makes and sells rough iron tongs
Descendants
- Turkish: maşacı
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maşacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3075
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماشهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1659