صندوقجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صندوق (sandık, “chest, trunk, coffer”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

صندوقجی • (sandıkcı)

boxmaker, a maker, seller, or manufacturer of boxes, chests and similar containers
Synonym: قوطیجی (kutucu)

Descendants

Turkish: sandıkçı
→⇒ Armenian: Սանդուխչյան (Sanduxčʻyan), Սանտըգճյան (Santəgčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sandıkçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4058
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صندوقجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 768
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صندوقجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187

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