Where does “خرمانجی” come from?

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

خرمانجی (Ottoman Turkish): thresher, thresherman, a farmer whose occupation is loosening the edible part of grain from the straw to which it is attached

Definitions

  1. thresher, thresherman, a farmer whose occupation is loosening the edible part of grain from the straw to which it is attached

Ancestry of “خرمانجی”, step by step

خرمانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish خرمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishخرمانthreshing, the act of loosening the edible part of grain, or other crop, from the straw to which it is attached
2Persianخرمنharvest, crop; threshing floor
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →