عربه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

عربه‎ (araba, “carriage”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, occupational suffix)

Noun

عربه‌جی • (arabacı)

driver (of a wheeled vehicle)
maker of wheeled vehicles

Descendants

Turkish: arabacı
→ Romanian: harabagiu

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عربه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1292

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