Where does “قازمه‌جی” come from?

قازمه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قازمه, from Ottoman Turkish قازمق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

قازمه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): sapper, combat engineer, an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, or building fortifications, bridges, and roads

Definitions

  1. sapper, combat engineer, an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, or building fortifications, bridges, and roads

Ancestry of “قازمه‌جی”, step by step

قازمه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قازمه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقازمهdug, delved, trenched, excavated, whose material has been removed by hands, claws, or equipment
2Ottoman Turkishقازمقto dig, to grave
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمه →