Where does “فالجی” come from?

فالجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فال, from Arabic فَأْل — omen.

فالجی (Ottoman Turkish): diviner, fortune-teller, soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, augur, one who foretells the future by way of an occultic ritual or practice

Definitions

  1. diviner, fortune-teller, soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, augur, one who foretells the future by way of an occultic ritual or practice

Ancestry of “فالجی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفالomen, portent, augury, something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future
2Arabicفَأْلomen

Words derived from “فالجی”

Every word from Arabic فَأْل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فال →