Where does “شبهه‌جی” come from?

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

شبهه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): skeptic, doubting Thomas

Definitions

  1. skeptic, doubting Thomas

Ancestry of “شبهه‌جی”, step by step

شبهه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish شبهه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشبههdoubt, uncertainty, misgiving
2Arabicشُبْهَة—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →
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