Where does “شیشه‌جی” come from?

شیشه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شیشه, from Persian شیشه, from Middle Persian šyšk' — bottle, flask.

شیشه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): glassblower, gaffer, glassmith, a person who inflates molten glass into a bubble with the aid of a blowpipe

Definitions

  1. glassblower, gaffer, glassmith, a person who inflates molten glass into a bubble with the aid of a blowpipe

Ancestry of “شیشه‌جی”, step by step

شیشه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish شیشه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشیشهbottle, a container made of blown glass used primarily for holding liquids
2Persianشیشهglass
3Middle Persianšyšk'bottle, flask

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Middle Persian šyšk' →Every word from Persian شیشه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish شیشه →