چاپهجی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From چاپه (çapa, “hoe”) + ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix).
Noun
چاپهجی • (çapacı)
- maker or seller of hoes; one who hoes
- (formerly) military sapper and miner, a villager bound to such duty and free from taxes
Descendants
- Turkish: çapacı
- → Armenian: (Partizak) չափաճի (čʿapʿači)
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چاپهجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 456
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چاپهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 699