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Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـجی (-ci).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-τζής • (-tzís) m (feminine -τζού)
- added to a noun, to create words for a male person who has an occupation related to that noun:
- ταξί (taxí, “taxi”) + -τζής (-tzís) → ταξιτζής (taxitzís, “taxi driver”)
- παλιά (paliá, “old stuff”) + -τζής (-tzís) → παλιατζής (paliatzís, “junk dealer”)
- καφές (kafés, “coffee”) + -τζής (-tzís) → καφετζής (kafetzís, “cafe owner”)
- added to a noun, to create words for a male person who has does something related to that noun:
- πλάκα (pláka, “joke, fun”) + -τζής (-tzís) → πλακατζής (plakatzís, “joker”)
- καβγάς (kavgás, “fight”) + -τζής (-tzís) → καβγατζής (kavgatzís, “brawler”)
Usage notes
Some of these words are taken whole directly from Turkish, eg μπογιατζής (bogiatzís, “painter”) < boyacı, while others are neologisms made from joining Greek nouns onto this suffix, eg παλιά (paliá, “old (stuff)”) > παλιατζής (paliatzís, “junk dealer”).
Declension
Derived terms
- -τζίδικο n (-tzídiko) (place where the above occupations take place)