Where does “اورمانجی” come from?

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

اورمانجی (Ottoman Turkish): forest-guard, a person who looks after forest works

Definitions

  1. forest-guard, a person who looks after forest works

Ancestry of “اورمانجی”, step by step

اورمانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish اورمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاورمانforest, wood, a dense and uncultivated area of trees and undergrowth
2Proto-Turkicormanforest
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →
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