Saatchi ( fa, ساعتچی; Arabicized form: ; tr, saatçi) is a Persian and Turkish surname and word. The word "saatchi" (''sā'ātchi''), which means "

watchmaker A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their part ...

", originates from Ottoman Turkish (

Modern Turkish Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smal ...

: "saatçi"), derived from "saat" ("watch", from

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"ساعة") with the suffix "-çi". 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, founder and owner of the Saatchi Gallery in London *

Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi ( ar, موريس ساعتجي ; born 21 June 1946) is a British-Iraqi businessman, and with his brother, Charles, co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. Early life Maur ...

, ex-chairman of the British Conservative Party

Sahatçiu

* Rita Sahatçiu Ora, British singer * Besim Sahatçiu, Kosovo Albanian film director

References

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