Where does “شالجی” come from?

شالجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شال, from Persian شال, from Hindi दुशाला, from Sanskrit द्विशाट.

شالجی (Ottoman Turkish): shawl-merchant, someone who makes or trades shawls

Definitions

  1. shawl-merchant, someone who makes or trades shawls

Ancestry of “شالجی”, step by step

شالجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish شال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشالshawl; scarf
2Persianشالshawl; scarf
3Hindiदुशालाshawl
4Sanskritद्विशाट—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Sanskrit द्विशाट →Every word from Hindi दुशाला →Every word from Persian شال →
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