Ottoman Turkish

Noun

درزی • ‎(derzi)

1. Alternative form of ترزی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dlcyk' ‎(darzīg, “tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *darz- ‎(“to attach, fasten; to load; to sew”).

Also from Iranian: Old Armenian դերձակ ‎(derjak), post-classical դերձիկ ‎(derjik), դերզիկ ‎(derzik), Classical Syriac ܕܪܙܝܩܐ ‎(darzīqā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæɾˈziː/

Noun

درزی • ‎(darzi) ‎(plural درزی‌ها ‎(darzi-hâ))

1. tailor, seamster

Synonyms

• درزیگر ‎(darzigar)

Derived terms

• درزیگر ‎(darzigar)
• درزیگری ‎(darzigari)

Descendants

• Arabic: درزي ‎(darzī)
• Armenian: դարզի ‎(darzi)
• Azeri: dərzi / درزی
• Ottoman Turkish: درزی ‎(derzi), ترزی ‎(terzi)
  • Arabic: ترزي ‎(tarzī)
  • Armenian: թարզի ‎(tʿarzi), թերզի ‎(tʿerzi)
  • Georgian: თერძი ‎(terʒi)
  • Serbo-Croatian: terzija / терзија
  • Turkish: terzi
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: दर्ज़ी ‎(darzī)
  • Urdu: درزی ‎(darzī)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “درزی+darzī”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “درزی”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դերձակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 656–657
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-15496-4, pages 62ff