آرسلانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

آسلانجی (aslancı)

Etymology

From آرسلان (arslan, “lion”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

آرسلانجی • (arslancı)

lion tamer, a performer who interacts with a lion as an entertainment

Descendants

Turkish: aslancı
→⇒ Armenian: Արսլանճյան (Arslančyan)

Further reading

Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “آرسلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 35b
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aslancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 320
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آرسلانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 67

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