Where does “طوپجی” come from?

طوپجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

طوپجی (Ottoman Turkish): gunner, artilleryman, a soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery

Definitions

  1. gunner, artilleryman, a soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery

Ancestry of “طوپجی”, step by step

طوپجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish طوپ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
2Old Turkictōp—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “طوپجی”

Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →