Where does “عربه‌جی” come from?

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

عربه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): driver (of a wheeled vehicle)

Definitions

  1. driver (of a wheeled vehicle)

Ancestry of “عربه‌جی”, step by step

عربه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish عربه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعربهcarriage, usually or traditionally two-wheeled

Words derived from “عربه‌جی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →