Where does “ابرشیمجی” come from?

ابرشیمجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ابرشیم, from Persian ابریشم, from Middle Persian ʾp̄lyšwm — silk.

ابرشیمجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of silk-thread

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of silk-thread

Ancestry of “ابرشیمجی”, step by step

ابرشیمجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ابرشیم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishابرشیمsilk, a fine fiber excreted by the silkworm
2Persianابریشمsilk
3Middle Persianʾp̄lyšwmsilk

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

Words derived from “ابرشیمجی”

Every word from Middle Persian ʾp̄lyšwm →Every word from Persian ابریشم →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ابرشیم →