Where does “آلتونجی” come from?

آلتونجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آلتون, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.

آلتونجی (Ottoman Turkish): goldminer, gold digger, goldsmith, someone who extracts, processes, or trades gold

Definitions

  1. goldminer, gold digger, goldsmith, someone who extracts, processes, or trades gold

Ancestry of “آلتونجی”, step by step

آلتونجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish آلتون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآلتونgold
2Proto-Turkicaltungold

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic altun →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آلتون →