آرپه‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From آرپه‎ (arpa, “barley”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, occupational suffix).

Noun

آرپه‌جی • (arpacı)

dealer in barley, especially as food for horses

Descendants

Turkish: arpacı
Armenian: արփաճի (arpʿači), ⇒ Արփաճյան (Arpʿačyan)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آرپه‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 60

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