Where does “قباقجی” come from?

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

قباقجی (Ottoman Turkish): grower or seller of cucurbits

Definitions

  1. grower or seller of cucurbits

Ancestry of “قباقجی”, step by step

قباقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قباق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقباقcucurbit; bald head; the front, the fronter part...
2Proto-TurkicKabakwhite poplar, willow
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →