Where does “قالجی” come from?
قالجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قال, from Arabic قال, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
قالجی (Ottoman Turkish): smelter, refiner, a person employed to do smelting or refining of metals
Definitions
- smelter, refiner, a person employed to do smelting or refining of metals
Ancestry of “قالجی”, step by step
قالجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish قال
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قال | smelting, the process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a desired metal from its ore |
| 2 | Arabic | قال | to say; to tell; To nap |
| 3 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 4 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 5 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |