Where does “قافیهجی” come from?

قافیهجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

قافیهجی (Ottoman Turkish): rhymer, a person who composes or recites rhymes

Definitions

  1. rhymer, a person who composes or recites rhymes

Ancestry of “قافیهجی”, step by step

قافیهجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Ottoman Turkish قافیه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقافیهrhyme, a rhyming verse
2Arabicقَافِيَة—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →