Where does “илеџија” come from?

илеџија (Macedonian) comes from Turkish hileci, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

илеџија (Macedonian): cheater

Definitions

  1. cheater

Ancestry of “илеџија”, step by step

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