Where does “بالجی” come from?

بالجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بال, from Persian بال, from Middle Persian b’lk’.

بالجی (Ottoman Turkish): honey-dealer, a person who sells and trades honey

Definitions

  1. honey-dealer, a person who sells and trades honey

Ancestry of “بالجی”, step by step

بالجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالhoney, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees
2Persianبالwing
3Middle Persianb’lk’—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “بالجی”

Every word from Middle Persian b’lk’ →Every word from Persian بال →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بال →