Where does “حیوانجه” come from?
حیوانجه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish حیوان, from Arabic حَيَوَان — animal.
حیوانجه (Ottoman Turkish): brutal; wild
Ancestry of “حیوانجه”, step by step
حیوانجه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish حیوان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | حیوان | animal; a person who behaves wildly |
| 2 | Arabic | حَيَوَان | animal |
via Ottoman Turkish ـجه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجه | like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *-če | Suffix expressing the equative case |