اسیرجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

اسیر‎ (esir, yesir, “captive, slave”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-ci, occupational suffix), the first part from Arabic أَسِير‎ (ʔasīr, “prisoner of war”).

Noun

اسیرجی or اسیرجی • (esirci or yesirci)

slave dealer

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اسیرجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 116

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