Where does “حسابجی” come from?

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

حسابجی (Ottoman Turkish): accountant, reckoner, someone who maintains financial matters for a person

Definitions

  1. accountant, reckoner, someone who maintains financial matters for a person

Ancestry of “حسابجی”, step by step

حسابجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish حساب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishحسابestimation, counting, calculation, reckoning, as to number or quantity
2Arabicحِسَابcalculation, account; truth, reality; account,...
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