Where does “باتاقجی” come from?

باتاقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish باتاق, from Proto-Turkic batgak, from Proto-Turkic bat- — to sink; to fit into, get into; to sink, get...

باتاقجی (Ottoman Turkish): knocker, defaulter, one who defaults or fails on payment of a wager

Definitions

  1. knocker, defaulter, one who defaults or fails on payment of a wager

Ancestry of “باتاقجی”, step by step

باتاقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish باتاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباتاقswamp, marsh, quagmire, bog; quicksand; den of...
2Proto-Turkicbatgaksticky mud, bog
3Proto-Turkicbat-to sink; to fit into, get into; to sink, get...

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic bat- →Every word from Proto-Turkic batgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باتاق →