Where does “الماجی” come from?

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

الماجی (Ottoman Turkish): grower or seller of apples

Definitions

  1. grower or seller of apples

Ancestry of “الماجی”, step by step

الماجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish الما

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishالماapple
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