Where does “حكایه‌جی” come from?

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

حكایه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): narrator

Definitions

  1. narrator

Ancestry of “حكایه‌جی”, step by step

حكایه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish حكایه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishحكایهstory
2Arabicحِكَايَةstory, tale
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →