Where does “فرچه‌جی” come from?

فرچه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فرچه, from Byzantine Greek βρούτσα — brush.

فرچه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): brossier, maker or seller of brushes

Definitions

  1. brossier, maker or seller of brushes

Ancestry of “فرچه‌جی”, step by step

فرچه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish فرچه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفرچهbrush, oblong bristle implement for cleaning
2Byzantine Greekβρούτσαbrush

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Byzantine Greek βρούτσα →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فرچه →