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Where does “شرقیجی” come from?

شرقیجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian شرقی, from Arabic شَرْقِيّ — eastern.

Ancestry of “شرقیجی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشرقیeastern; Eastern; oriental
2Arabicشَرْقِيّeastern
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