Saatchi (Persian: ساعتچی; Arabicized form: ساعتجي; Turkish: saatçi) is a 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] Albanian surname, Sahatçiu, is derived from the Turkish word "saatçi" as a result of the Ottoman rule in Albania. It may refer to:
Surnames
Saatchi
- Charles Saatchi, founder and owner of the Saatchi Gallery in London
- Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, ex-chairman of the British Conservative Party
Sahatçiu
- Rita Sahatçiu Ora, British-Albanian singer
Other uses
- Saatchi & Saatchi, advertising agency
- M&C Saatchi, advertising agency
- Saatchi Gallery, contemporary art gallery
- Saatchi (film), a 1983 Tamil film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Nişanyan Sözlük, "saat"". Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Nişanyan Sözlük, "+çI ekiyle yapılan kelimeler"". Retrieved August 8, 2015.
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