Where does “باشجی” come from?

باشجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish باش, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ, from Proto-Turkic baĺč — head; beginning.

باشجی (Ottoman Turkish): seller of ready-cooked sheep's heads

Definitions

  1. seller of ready-cooked sheep's heads

Ancestry of “باشجی”, step by step

باشجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish باش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباشhead; chief, master, leader, head; prow, bow,...
2Old Anatolian Turkishبَاشْ—
3Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “باشجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic baĺč →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باش →