Where does “دكنكجی” come from?

دكنكجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دكنك, from Proto-Turkic *tegenek.

دكنكجی (Ottoman Turkish): batoneer, one who uses a baton, especially a member of a corporation entrusted with keeping the city's security using these weapons

Definitions

  1. batoneer, one who uses a baton, especially a member of a corporation entrusted with keeping the city's security using these weapons

Ancestry of “دكنكجی”, step by step

دكنكجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish دكنك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدكنكstick; cane; rod
2Proto-Turkic*tegenek—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tegenek →Every word from Ottoman Turkish دكنك →