Where does “قانجی” come from?

قانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قان, from Proto-Turkic *kān — blood.

قانجی (Ottoman Turkish): blood-letter; phlebotomist

Definitions

  1. blood-letter; phlebotomist

Ancestry of “قانجی”, step by step

قانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقانblood
2Proto-Turkic*kānblood

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kān →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قان →
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