Where does “arenadjí” come from?

arenadjí (Ladino) comes from Ladino -djí, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

arenadjí (Ladino): seller of scrubbing sand

Definitions

  1. seller of scrubbing sand

Ancestry of “arenadjí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ladino-djía suffix forming the names of professions
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 Ladino -djí →
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