Where does “قزانجی” come from?

قزانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قزان, from Proto-Turkic kaŕgan — cauldron.

قزانجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles and boilers

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles and boilers

Ancestry of “قزانجی”, step by step

قزانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قزان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقزانkettle
2Proto-Turkickaŕgancauldron

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “قزانجی

Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕganEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قزان