Where does “فودله‌جی” come from?

فودله‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فودله, from Arabic فَضْلَة, from Arabic فَضَلَ.

فودله‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): person who bakes or distributes this kind of wholemeal bread

Definitions

  1. person who bakes or distributes this kind of wholemeal bread

Ancestry of “فودله‌جی”, step by step

فودله‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish فودله

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفودلهkind of fine, white, wholemeal bread, which was mostly distributed to the poor in soup kitchens
2Arabicفَضْلَة—
3Arabicفَضَلَ—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Arabic فَضَلَ →Every word from Arabic فَضْلَة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فودله →