Saatchi (name)
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] The Albanian surname Sahatçiu is also derived from the Turkish word "saatçi" as a result of the Ottoman rule in Albania.
Surnames
Notable people with the name include:
Saatchi
- Charles Saatchi (born 1943), founder and owner of the Saatchi Gallery in London
- Doris Lockhart Saatchi (1937–2025), American art collector
- Edward Saatchi (born 1985), British businessman
- Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi (born 1946), ex-chairman of the British Conservative Party
- Nathan Saatchi (1907–2000), Iraqi-born British businessman
Sahatçiu
- Besim Sahatçiu (1935–2005), Kosovo Albanian film director
- Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born 1990), British singer
Saatçi
- Ercan Saatçi (born 1968), Turkish musician and record producer
- Nazan Saatci (born 1958), Turkish actress
- Serdar Saatçı (born 2003), Turkish footballer
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.