Where does “ardıcıllıq” come from?

ardıcıllıq (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani ardıcıl, from Turkish -cıl, from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ardıcıllıq (Azerbaijani): sequence, order

Definitions

  1. sequence, order

Ancestry of “ardıcıllıq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniardıcılsystematic, regular, methodical
2Turkish-cılDerives names of animals, mainly but not exclusively birds, which denote their diet or their tendency to prey on a certain type of animal
3Ottoman TurkishـجیلForms names of predators from names of prey
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cıl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل →