قلبورجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قلبور‎ (kalbur, “sieve, riddle”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-cı, -cu, occupational suffix).

Noun

قلبورجی • (kalburcu)

maker or seller of sieves, riddles, strainers or cribbles
siever, sifter, one who sieves or sifts
Synonym: الكجی‎ (elekci)

Descendants

Turkish: kalburcu
→⇒ Armenian: Խալբուրջյան (Xalburǰyan), Խալպուրճյան (Xalpurčyan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kalburcu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2350
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قلبورجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1450

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