باشجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

باش‎ (baş, “head”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-çı, occupational suffix).

Noun

باشجی • (başçı)

a seller of ready-cooked sheep's heads

Descendants

Turkish: Başçı (surname)
→ Armenian: պաշճի (pašči)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “باشجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326

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