تذهیبجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تذهیب (tezhib, “gilding”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

تذهیبجی • (tezhibci)

gilder, a person whose occupation is to overlay things with gold
Synonym: یالدزجی (yaldızcı)

Descendants

Turkish: tezhipçi

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tezhipçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 47955
Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “gilder”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 218a

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