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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From كوپری (köpri, “bridge”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
كوپریجی • (köprici)
- bridger, a person that builds bridges
- caretaker or toll-taker of a bridge
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köprücü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2788
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوپریجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1045
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوپریجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1582