Where does “bekçi” come from?

bekçi (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بكجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

bekçi (Albanian): rural police, ranger, field patrol watchman appointed to guard crops

Definitions

  1. rural police, ranger, field patrol watchman appointed to guard crops

Ancestry of “bekçi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبكجیguard, sentry, watchman
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بكجی →