Where does “فشنكجی” come from?

فشنكجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فشنك, from Persian فشنگ, from Ancient Greek φυσίγγη.

فشنكجی (Ottoman Turkish): manufacturer or seller of cartridges or fireworks, pyrotechnist

Definitions

  1. manufacturer or seller of cartridges or fireworks, pyrotechnist

Ancestry of “فشنكجی”, step by step

فشنكجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish فشنك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفشنك—
2Persianفشنگcartridge
3Ancient Greekφυσίγγη—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Ancient Greek φυσίγγη →Every word from Persian فشنگ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فشنك →