Where does “اینجوجی” come from?

اینجوجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اینجو, from Common Turkic *yinčü, from Middle Chinese 珍珠.

اینجوجی (Ottoman Turkish): dealer in pearls

Definitions

  1. dealer in pearls

Ancestry of “اینجوجی”, step by step

اینجوجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish اینجو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاینجوpearl, a shelly and rounded concretion produced by certain mollusks
2Common Turkic*yinčü—
3Middle Chinese珍珠—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “اینجوجی”

Every word from Middle Chinese 珍珠 →Every word from Common Turkic *yinčü →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اینجو →