Where does “ავჯი” come from?

ავჯი (Laz) comes from Ottoman Turkish آوجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ავჯი (Laz): hunter

Definitions

  1. hunter

Ancestry of “ავჯი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآوجیhunter, huntsman
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آوجی →