Where does “تمغاجی” come from?

تمغاجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

تمغاجی (Ottoman Turkish): stamper, a clerk or official whose duty is to apply a stamp to a document

Definitions

  1. stamper, a clerk or official whose duty is to apply a stamp to a document

Ancestry of “تمغاجی”, step by step

تمغاجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish تمغا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتمغاstamp, pressed mark
2Common Turkictamga—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →