Where does “قوناقجی” come from?

قوناقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوناق, from Proto-Turkic kōñ.

قوناقجی (Ottoman Turkish): quartermaster, an officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops

Definitions

  1. quartermaster, an officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops

Ancestry of “قوناقجی”, step by step

قوناقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قوناق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقوناقan act of alighting, taking station; a place...
2Proto-Turkickōñ

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “قوناقجی

Every word from Proto-Turkic kōñEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قوناق