Where does “قمارجی” come from?

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

قمارجی (Ottoman Turkish): gambler, throwster, one who habitually plays at a game of chance, one who gambles

Definitions

  1. gambler, throwster, one who habitually plays at a game of chance, one who gambles

Ancestry of “قمارجی”, step by step

قمارجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish قمار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقمارgambling, an activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance
2Arabicقِمَارgambling
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →