Where does “رشوتجی” come from?

رشوتجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish رشوت, from Classical Persian رِشْوَه, from Arabic رِشْوَة — bribe.

رشوتجی (Ottoman Turkish): briber, a person who bribes, or an accepter of bribes

Definitions

  1. briber, a person who bribes, or an accepter of bribes

Ancestry of “رشوتجی”, step by step

رشوتجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish رشوت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishرشوتbribe, bribery
2Classical Persianرِشْوَه—
3Arabicرِشْوَةbribe

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Arabic رِشْوَة →Every word from Classical Persian رِشْوَه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish رشوت →