Where does “اونجی” come from?

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

اونجی (Ottoman Turkish): flour-monger, flour-merchant, a seller of or dealer in flour

Definitions

  1. flour-monger, flour-merchant, a seller of or dealer in flour

Ancestry of “اونجی”, step by step

اونجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish اون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاونten (10)
2Proto-Turkicōnten
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →