Where does “اوتوجی” come from?

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

اوتوجی (Ottoman Turkish): ironer, hotpresser, someone who irons, someone who does ironing

Definitions

  1. ironer, hotpresser, someone who irons, someone who does ironing

Ancestry of “اوتوجی”, step by step

اوتوجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish اوتو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوتوclothes iron, flatiron, a hand-held tool used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes
2Proto-Turkicütüg—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →