Where does “سفره‌جی” come from?

سفره‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

سفره‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): butler who has charge of the dinner table and carries out duties such as setting and clearing tables and distributing food

Definitions

  1. butler who has charge of the dinner table and carries out duties such as setting and clearing tables and distributing food

Ancestry of “سفره‌جی”, step by step

سفره‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Persian سفره

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسفرهtablecloth
2Arabicسُفْرَةvictuals; table, especially for eating

Words derived from “سفره‌جی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →