Where does “فیلجی” come from?

فیلجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فیل, from Arabic فِيل, from Middle Persian pyl, from Latin pirum — a pear.

فیلجی (Ottoman Turkish): mahout, mahawat, oozie, a trainer, keeper, or driver of elephants

Definitions

  1. mahout, mahawat, oozie, a trainer, keeper, or driver of elephants

Ancestry of “فیلجی”, step by step

فیلجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish فیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفیلelephant
2Arabicفِيلelephant; the elephant
3Middle Persianpylelephant; bishop
4Latinpiruma pear

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Middle Persian pyl →Every word from Arabic فِيل →
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