اویمه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اویمه (oyma, “carving; sculpture; engraving”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اویمه‌جی • (oymacı)

maker or seller of carvings or sculptures

Descendants

Turkish: oymacı
→ Armenian: օյմաճի (ōymači)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oymacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3656
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اویمه‌جی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 207
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اویمه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 275

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