Saatchi (name)

Saatchi (Persian: ساعتچی; Arabicized form: ساعتجي; Turkish: saatçi) is a Persian and Turkish surname and word. The word "saatchi" (sā'ātchi), which means "watchmaker", originates from Ottoman Turkish (Modern Turkish: "saatçi"), derived from "saat" ("watch", from Arabic "ساعة") with the suffix "-çi".[1][2][3] The Albanian surname Sahatçiu is also derived from the Turkish word "saatçi" as a result of the Ottoman rule in Albania.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Alkalesi, Yasin M. (October 2006). "Nouns of Occupations with Suffixes -chi and -chiyya". Modern Iraqi Arabic: A Textbook. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-130-4.
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Nişanyan Sözlük, "saat"". Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Nişanyan Sözlük, "+çI ekiyle yapılan kelimeler"". Retrieved August 8, 2015.