سمیدجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From سمید‎ (simid, “semolina; simit, a kind of bread”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

سمیدجی • (simidci)

maker, seller, or habitual eater of simit

Descendants

Turkish: simitçi
→⇒ Armenian: Սիմիթճյան (Simitʿčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “simitçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4246
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سمیدجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سمیدجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1079

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