Where does “اسیرجی” come from?

اسیرجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

اسیرجی (Ottoman Turkish): slaver, slave trader, slavedealer, a person who buys and sells people as slaves

Definitions

  1. slaver, slave trader, slavedealer, a person who buys and sells people as slaves

Ancestry of “اسیرجی”, step by step

اسیرجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish اسیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاسیرcaptive, prisoner of war, one who has been captured by an enemy power during or right after a conflict
2Arabicأَسِير—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →