Where does “فائضجی” come from?

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

فائضجی (Ottoman Turkish): usurer, moneylender, loan shark, someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest

Definitions

  1. usurer, moneylender, loan shark, someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest

Ancestry of “فائضجی”, step by step

فائضجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish فائض

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفائضinterest, the price paid for obtaining money or goods in a transaction
2Arabicفَائِض—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →