Where does “ماشه‌جی” come from?

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

ماشه‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): person who makes and sells rough iron tongs

Definitions

  1. person who makes and sells rough iron tongs

Ancestry of “ماشه‌جی”, step by step

ماشه‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Persian ماشه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianماشهpliers
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →