Where does “qabaqcıl” come from?

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

qabaqcıl (Azerbaijani): progressive, leading, foremost, headmost, forward, advanced

Definitions

  1. progressive, leading, foremost, headmost, forward, advanced

Ancestry of “qabaqcıl”, step by step

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