الماسجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From الماس (elmas, “diamond”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

الماسجی • (elmascı)

diamond cutter, a craftsman who cuts diamonds
diamond merchant, a person specialized in selling diamonds

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “الماسجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الماسجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189

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