Where does “میمونجی” come from?

میمونجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish میمون, from Arabic مَيْمُون — baboon, mandrill; monkey.

میمونجی (Ottoman Turkish): monkey man, a dealer in monkeys or exhibitor of monkeys

Definitions

  1. monkey man, a dealer in monkeys or exhibitor of monkeys

Ancestry of “میمونجی”, step by step

میمونجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish میمون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمیمونmonkey
2Arabicمَيْمُونbaboon, mandrill; monkey

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Arabic مَيْمُون →Every word from Ottoman Turkish میمون →