Where does “مقصجی” come from?

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

مقصجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of scissors

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of scissors

Ancestry of “مقصجی”, step by step

مقصجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish مقص

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمقصscissors
2Arabicمِقَصّ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →
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