Where does “معامله‌جی” come from?

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

معامله‌جی (Ottoman Turkish): usurer, moneylender, loan shark, someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest

Definitions

  1. usurer, moneylender, loan shark, someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest

Ancestry of “معامله‌جی”, step by step

معامله‌جی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish معامله

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمعاملهtreatment, conduct, behavior
2Arabicمُعَامَلَة—

Words derived from “معامله‌جی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →