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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From قفتان (kaftan, “kaftan, robe”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
قفتانجی • (kaftancı)
- one who has charge over the robes of a grandee
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaftancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2329
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قفتانجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 966
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قفتانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1467