Where does “قجة” come from?

قجة (North Levantine Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish آقچه, from Ottoman Turkish آق, from Proto-Turkic Āk — white.

قجة (North Levantine Arabic): piggy bank not traditionally pig-shaped, but still traditionally kept by children and broken with a hammer

Definitions

  1. piggy bank not traditionally pig-shaped, but still traditionally kept by children and broken with a hammer

Ancestry of “قجة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآقچهsilver coin
2Ottoman Turkishآقwhite
3Proto-TurkicĀkwhite
Every word from Proto-Turkic Āk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آقچه →