Where does “صیواجی” come from?

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

صیواجی (Ottoman Turkish): plasterer, stuccoer, pargeter, a person whose occupation is to apply plaster or stucco to the walls

Definitions

  1. plasterer, stuccoer, pargeter, a person whose occupation is to apply plaster or stucco to the walls

Ancestry of “صیواجی”, step by step

صیواجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish صیوا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصیواplaster, stucco, render, a mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water used for coating walls and ceilings
Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی