Where does “قالایجی” come from?

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

قالایجی (Ottoman Turkish): tinner, tinsmith, a person who makes things with tin

Definitions

  1. tinner, tinsmith, a person who makes things with tin

Ancestry of “قالایجی”, step by step

قالایجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قالای

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالایtin; superficial ornament, mock; foul language,...
2Arabicقَلَعِيّrelated to tin; tin

Words derived from “قالایجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →