یومورطه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یومورطه (yumurta, “egg”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

یومورطه‌جی • (yumurtacı)

egger, a person who gathers or sells eggs

Descendants

Turkish: yumurtacı
→⇒ Armenian: Յումուրթաճյան (Yumurtʻačyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yumurtacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5384
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یومورطه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2221

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