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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From كفن (kefen, “shroud, winding cloth”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
كفنجی • (kefenci, kefinci)
- maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead
- (figuratively) graverobber, one who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kefenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2521
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كفنجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1031
- Molino, Giovanni (1641) “beccamorto”, in Dittionario della lingua italiana turchesca, Rome: Gioiofi, column 69, spelling as kiefingi
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كفنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557