Where does “قومجی” come from?

قومجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوم, from Armenian գոմ, from Old Armenian գոմ — fold/stall for sheep or cattle; to be, to exist,...

قومجی (Ottoman Turkish): sand-merchant, a person that trades and sells sand

Definitions

  1. sand-merchant, a person that trades and sells sand

Ancestry of “قومجی”, step by step

قومجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قوم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقومsand, gravel
2Armenianգոմcattleshed, cowhouse, barn
3Old Armenianգոմfold/stall for sheep or cattle; to be, to exist,...

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “قومجی”

Every word from Old Armenian գոմ →Every word from Armenian գոմ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قوم →