Where does “edebiyatçı” come from?

edebiyatçı (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish edebiyat, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

edebiyatçı (Crimean Tatar): litterateur, writer

Definitions

  1. litterateur, writer

Ancestry of “edebiyatçı”, step by step

edebiyatçı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish edebiyat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishedebiyatliterature
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Turkish cı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishcı—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →