Where does “фалбаџија” come from?

фалбаџија (Macedonian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -џија, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

фалбаџија (Macedonian): braggart, bragger

Definitions

  1. braggart, bragger

Ancestry of “фалбаџија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-џијаSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -џија →