Where does “بلطجي” come from?

بلطجي (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالطه‌جی, from Ottoman Turkish بالطه, from Proto-Turkic baltu — axe.

بلطجي (Egyptian Arabic): a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan

Definitions

  1. a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan

Ancestry of “بلطجي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالطه‌جیmaker or seller of axes, hatchets or battle axes
2Ottoman Turkishبالطهax, axe
3Proto-Turkicbaltuaxe
Every word from Proto-Turkic baltu →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالطه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بالطه‌جی →