Where does “لغمجی” come from?

لغمجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish لغم, from Arabic لَغْم, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος — cavity.

لغمجی (Ottoman Turkish): miner, mineworker, a person who works in a mine and extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay or other minerals from the earth through mining

Definitions

  1. miner, mineworker, a person who works in a mine and extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay or other minerals from the earth through mining

Ancestry of “لغمجی”, step by step

لغمجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish لغم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلغمtunnel, gallery, drift, any underground passage or channel cut through the earth or masonry
2Arabicلَغْم—
3Ancient Greekλᾰ́κκοςcavity

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “لغمجی”

Every word from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος →Every word from Arabic لَغْم →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لغم →