Where does “بالمومجی” come from?

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

بالمومجی (Ottoman Turkish): wax-chandler

Definitions

  1. wax-chandler

Ancestry of “بالمومجی”, step by step

بالمومجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بالمومی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالمومیbeeswax
2Ottoman Turkishبالhoney, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees
3Persianبالwing
4Middle Persianb’lk’—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Middle Persian b’lk’ →Every word from Persian بال →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بال →