جندره‌جی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From جندره‎ (cendere, “press, mangle, calender”) +‎ ـجی‎ (cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

جندره‌جی • (cendereci)

maker or user of presses, pressman
(by extension) governor who tortures by the press

Descendants

Turkish: cendereci
→ Armenian: Ճենտերեճյան (Čenterečyan)

Further reading

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “جندره‌جی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1662
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جندره‌جی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 682

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