Where does “قولجی” come from?

قولجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قول, from Old Anatolian Turkish قل, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

قولجی (Ottoman Turkish): guard, watchman

Definitions

  1. guard, watchman

Ancestry of “قولجی”, step by step

قولجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقولservant; arm; branch, section, division
2Old Anatolian Turkishقلslave
3Proto-Turkickülash

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قول →