Where does “طوزجی” come from?

طوزجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوز, from Common Turkic tōz — dust.

طوزجی (Ottoman Turkish): salt merchant, a person who produces or sells salt

Definitions

  1. salt merchant, a person who produces or sells salt

Ancestry of “طوزجی”, step by step

طوزجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish طوز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوزsalt, sodium chlorite; salt in the...
2Common Turkictōzdust

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Common Turkic tōz →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوز →
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