Where does “عطرجی” come from?

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

عطرجی (Ottoman Turkish): perfumer, scentmaker, a person who makes or sells perfumes or other scented products

Definitions

  1. perfumer, scentmaker, a person who makes or sells perfumes or other scented products

Ancestry of “عطرجی”, step by step

عطرجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish عطر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعطرperfume, scent, a pleasant smell, the odor or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance
2Arabicعِطْرperfume, scent; essence, attar; perfume, scent;...
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