Where does “ساعتجی” come from?

ساعتجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساعت, from Persian ساعت, from Arabic سَاعَة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

ساعتجی (Ottoman Turkish): clockmaker, watchmaker

Definitions

  1. clockmaker, watchmaker

Ancestry of “ساعتجی”, step by step

ساعتجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ساعت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishساعتhour; watch
2Persianساعتhour; watch
3Arabicسَاعَةhour, clock
4Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “ساعتجی”

Every word from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא →Every word from Arabic سَاعَة →Every word from Persian ساعت →