Where does “اوغلانجی” come from?

اوغلانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان, from Proto-Turkic *oglan — children.

اوغلانجی (Ottoman Turkish): pederast, a man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy

Definitions

  1. pederast, a man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy

Ancestry of “اوغلانجی”, step by step

اوغلانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اوغلان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوغلانboy, lad, youth, a young male
2Old Anatolian Turkishاوغلانyouth, child, kid, teen; a young person
3Proto-Turkic*oglanchildren

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *oglan →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان →