Where does “اوقجی” come from?

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

اوقجی (Ottoman Turkish): bow maker, bowyer, fletcher, a person who manufactures or sells bows for use in archery

Definitions

  1. bow maker, bowyer, fletcher, a person who manufactures or sells bows for use in archery

Ancestry of “اوقجی”, step by step

اوقجی 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

Words derived from “اوقجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ok →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوق →