قجة

Very plausibly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آقچه (akça, “coin, akçe”) when ج (j) was still an affricate /d͡ʒ/, making it the closest match in the language to foreign /t͡ʃ/. Compare ج (j) in جِنْفَاص (jinfāṣ, “burlap”). The later shift from *أقْجة (*ʔaqja, *ʔaqje) to قِجّة (qijje, ʔijje) parallels the development of Arabic أَلْيَة (ʔalya, “tail fat”) into North Levantine Arabic لِيّة (liyye).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiʒ.ʒe/
• (Druze, coastal Syria) IPA^(key): /ˈqiʒ.ʒe/

قجة • (ʔijje) f (plural قِجَج (ʔijaj))

1. piggy bank (not traditionally pig-shaped, but still traditionally kept by children and broken with a hammer)