پلاوجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From پلاو‎ (pilav, “pilaf”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

پلاوجی • (pilavcı)

maker or vender of pilav

Descendants

Turkish: pilavcı
→⇒ Armenian: Փիլավճյան (Pʿilavčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “pilavcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3854
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پلاوجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 452

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