زلجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زل (zil, “cymbal, gong, castanet”) +‎ ـجی (ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

زلجی • (zilci)

maker or seller of cymbals, gongs, and the like
gong-beater; cymbal-player; castanet-player

Descendants

→⇒ Armenian: Զիլճյան (Zilčyan, surname)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1011

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