Where does “نوبتجی” come from?

نوبتجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish نوبت, from Classical Persian نوبت, from Arabic نوبة, from Arabic نَابَ — to afflict, to occur; to represent, to act as a...

نوبتجی (Ottoman Turkish): guard, patrol, man who keeps watch

Definitions

  1. guard, patrol, man who keeps watch

Ancestry of “نوبتجی”, step by step

نوبتجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish نوبت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishنوبتguard, patrol, watch, the act of guarding and observing someone or something
2Classical Persianنوبت—
3Arabicنوبةchange, alteration, shift, rotation; turn; time,...
4Arabicنَابَto afflict, to occur; to represent, to act as a...

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “نوبتجی”

Every word from Arabic نَابَ →Every word from Arabic نوبة →Every word from Classical Persian نوبت →