Where does “سپتجی” come from?

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

سپتجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of baskets

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of baskets

Ancestry of “سپتجی”, step by step

سپتجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Persian سپت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسپت—
2Persianسبدbasket
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →