Where does “الكجی” come from?

الكجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish الك, from Proto-Turkic ilk — first.

الكجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of sieves, riddles, strainers or cribbles

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of sieves, riddles, strainers or cribbles

Ancestry of “الكجی”, step by step

الكجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish الك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishالكfirst, firstly, in the first place
2Proto-Turkicilkfirst

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic ilk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish الك →
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