Where does “لطیفه‌جی” come from?

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

لطیفه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): joker, prankster, jester, one who habitually makes jokes, pranks, or jests

Definitions

  1. joker, prankster, jester, one who habitually makes jokes, pranks, or jests

Ancestry of “لطیفه‌جی”, step by step

لطیفه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish لطیفه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلطیفهjoke, prank, jest, anything said or done in amusement, not in seriousness
2Arabicلَطِيفَةthe delicate, graceful, gentle, friendly
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →