Where does “اوجاقجی” come from?

اوجاقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوجاق, from Proto-Turkic *ōtčak.

اوجاقجی (Ottoman Turkish): chimney sweep, a person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys

Definitions

  1. chimney sweep, a person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys

Ancestry of “اوجاقجی”, step by step

اوجاقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اوجاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوجاقstove, oven, kiln, furnace; fireplace; chimney
2Proto-Turkic*ōtčak—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “اوجاقجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *ōtčak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوجاق →
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