Where does “دیوارجی” come from?

دیوارجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دیوار, from Old Anatolian Turkish دیوار, from Persian دیوار, from Middle Persian dywʾl, from Old Persian *-wāra.

دیوارجی (Ottoman Turkish): mason, bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick

Definitions

  1. mason, bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick

Ancestry of “دیوارجی”, step by step

دیوارجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish دیوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدیوارwall
2Old Anatolian Turkishدیوار
3Persianدیوارwall
4Middle Persiandywʾlwall
5Old Persian*-wāra

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “دیوارجی

Every word from Old Persian *-wāraEvery word from Middle Persian dywʾlEvery word from Persian دیوار
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