Where does “شرقیجی” come from?

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

شرقیجی (Ottoman Turkish): singer, cantor, chanter, a person who sings or chants, often professionally

Definitions

  1. singer, cantor, chanter, a person who sings or chants, often professionally

Ancestry of “شرقیجی”, step by step

شرقیجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian شرقی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشرقیeastern; Eastern; oriental
2Arabicشَرْقِيّeastern

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “شرقیجی”

Every word from Arabic شَرْقِيّ →Every word from Persian شرقی →