Where does “պաշճի” come from?

պաշճի (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish باشجی, from Ottoman Turkish باش, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ, from Proto-Turkic baĺč — head; beginning.

պաշճի (Armenian): a seller of ready-cooked sheep's heads

Definitions

  1. a seller of ready-cooked sheep's heads

Ancestry of “պաշճի”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباشجیseller of ready-cooked sheep's heads
2Ottoman Turkishباشhead; chief, master, leader, head; prow, bow,...
3Old Anatolian Turkishبَاشْ—
4Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning
Every word from Proto-Turkic baĺč →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باش →