Where does “طورنه‌جی” come from?

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

طورنه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): keeper of the cranes at the Imperial palace in olden times

Definitions

  1. keeper of the cranes at the Imperial palace in olden times

Ancestry of “طورنه‌جی”, step by step

طورنه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish طورنه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطورنهcrane, any of the large freshwater birds in the family Gruidae
2Proto-Turkic*turńacrane
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →