A variant spelling of terms denoting Ottoman or Turkish officials; an alternate form of 'feridji' or 'feridgi'.
From Turkish or Ottoman sources, with English spelling variants reflecting phonetic approximations of non-Latin terms, similar to 'feridji' and 'feridgi.'
The '-gee' or '-jee' ending in English transliterations of Turkish words reflects how English speakers heard these foreign sounds—it's a linguistic snapshot of cross-cultural communication in colonial trade.
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