Where does “اوقجى” come from?

اوقجى (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوق, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق, from Proto-Turkic ok — arrow.

اوقجى (Ottoman Turkish): A bow maker or the one who sells bows

Definitions

  1. A bow maker or the one who sells bows

Ancestry of “اوقجى”, step by step

اوقجى traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اوق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوقarrow, dart, bolt, a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail that is shot from a bow
2Old Anatolian Turkishاوقarrow
3Proto-Turkicokarrow

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic ok →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوق →