Where does “صارقجی” come from?

صارقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صارق, from Proto-Turkic *saru- — to wind, wrap.

صارقجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of turbans, or the servant in charge of keeping his master's turbans

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of turbans, or the servant in charge of keeping his master's turbans

Ancestry of “صارقجی”, step by step

صارقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish صارق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصارقturban
2Proto-Turkic*saru-to wind, wrap

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *saru-Every word from Ottoman Turkish صارق
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