Where does “كفنجی” come from?

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

كفنجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead

Ancestry of “كفنجی”, step by step

كفنجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish كفن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكفنshroud, winding cloth, any cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial
2Arabicكَفَن—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →
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