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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From قوش (kuş, “bird”) + ـجی (-cı, -cu, occupational suffix).
Noun
قوشجی • (kuşcu)
- fowler, birdcatcher, someone who catches or ensnares birds
Derived terms
- قوشجی باشی (kuşçu başı, “the Sultan's head fowler”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuşçu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2863
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوشجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 983
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “fowler”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 205a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوشجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1488