Where does “انجیلجی” come from?

انجیلجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish انجیل, from Arabic إِنْجِيل, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܐ, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον, from Ancient Greek εὐάγγελος, from Ancient Greek ἀγγέλλω, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος — angel; messenger.

انجیلجی (Ottoman Turkish): evangelist, the writer of a gospel

Definitions

  1. evangelist, the writer of a gospel

Ancestry of “انجیلجی”, step by step

انجیلجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish انجیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishانجیلgospel, evangel
2Arabicإِنْجِيلgospel
3Classical Syriacܐܘܢܓܠܝܐgospel
4Classical Syriacܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢgospel
5Ancient Greekεὐαγγέλιονa reward for good news; good news; gospel
6Ancient Greekεὐάγγελοςbringing good news
7Ancient Greekἀγγέλλωto carry, deliver, pass on, relay (a message, information, news, a command, instructions); to announce, report
8Ancient Greekἄγγελοςa messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...
9Old Norseengillangel
10Old Saxonengilangel
11Proto-West Germanicangilangel
12Latinangelusangel; messenger

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Latin angelusEvery word from Ancient Greek ἄγγελοςEvery word from Old Norse engill