Where does “زندانجی” come from?

زندانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian زندان, from Middle Persian zyndʾn' — prison.

زندانجی (Ottoman Turkish): jailer, warder, turnkey, dungeoner, a person who enforces confinement in a jail or prison

Definitions

  1. jailer, warder, turnkey, dungeoner, a person who enforces confinement in a jail or prison

Ancestry of “زندانجی”, step by step

زندانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زندان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزندانjail, prison
2Middle Persianzyndʾn'prison

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Middle Persian zyndʾn' →Every word from Persian زندان →