Where does “اوراقجی” come from?

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

اوراقجی (Ottoman Turkish): reaper, a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping

Definitions

  1. reaper, a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping

Ancestry of “اوراقجی”, step by step

اوراقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish اوراق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوراقsickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass
2Proto-Turkicȫr-to rise; to spin; to plait

Words derived from “اوراقجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →