Where does “arıçılıq” come from?

arıçılıq (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish arıcı, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

arıçılıq (Azerbaijani): beekeeping, apiculture

Definitions

  1. beekeeping, apiculture

Ancestry of “arıçılıq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkisharıcıbeekeeper
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →