Where does “كتانجی” come from?

كتانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic كتان, from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ — flax; linen.

كتانجی (Ottoman Turkish): flax-weaver or seller of linen cloth

Definitions

  1. flax-weaver or seller of linen cloth

Ancestry of “كتانجی”, step by step

كتانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كتان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكتانflax; linen
2Classical Syriacܟܶܬܳܢܳܐflax; linen

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “كتانجی”

Every word from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ →Every word from Arabic كتان →