Alternative spelling of bostangi; a gardener or member of the Ottoman imperial guard.
Variant transliteration of Turkish 'bostancı', reflecting different romanization systems for Ottoman Turkish words. Both spellings attempt to capture the original Turkish pronunciation.
The different spellings 'bostangi' and 'bostanji' show how English borrowed Turkish words at different times and through different contact points—there's no single 'correct' way to transliterate from other alphabets.
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