Where does “دیلنجی” come from?

دیلنجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دیلنمك, from Proto-Turkic *tilē-, from Proto-Turkic til — tongue; cut.

دیلنجی (Ottoman Turkish): beggar, mendicant

Definitions

  1. beggar, mendicant

Ancestry of “دیلنجی”, step by step

دیلنجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish دیلنمك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدیلنمكto beg
2Proto-Turkic*tilē-—
3Proto-Turkictiltongue; cut

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic til →Every word from Proto-Turkic *tilē- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish دیلنمك →