قانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

قان (kan, “blood”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, occupational suffix)

Noun

قانجی • (kancı)

blood-letter; phlebotomist
bloodthirsty tyrant

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1425

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