Where does “بالقجی” come from?

بالقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

بالقجی (Ottoman Turkish): fisherman, a person whose profession is catching fish

Definitions

  1. fisherman, a person whose profession is catching fish

Ancestry of “بالقجی”, step by step

بالقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
2Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix

Words derived from “بالقجی

Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Proto-Turkic bālïkEvery word from Ottoman Turkish بالق