Where does “زیارتجی” come from?

زیارتجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Urdu زیارت, from Arabic زِيَارَة — visiting.

زیارتجی (Ottoman Turkish): visitor, visitant, someone who visits someone else, who stays as a guest, or who pays a visit to a specific place

Definitions

  1. visitor, visitant, someone who visits someone else, who stays as a guest, or who pays a visit to a specific place

Ancestry of “زیارتجی”, step by step

زیارتجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Urdu زیارت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduزیارتa holy visitation, pilgrimage
2Arabicزِيَارَةvisiting

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “زیارتجی

Every word from Arabic زِيَارَةEvery word from Urdu زیارت