Where does “پالانجی” come from?

پالانجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پالان, from Proto-Iranian *pari-dāna-.

پالانجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of packsaddles

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of packsaddles

Ancestry of “پالانجی”, step by step

پالانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پالان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپالانpacksaddle
2Proto-Iranian*pari-dāna-—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Iranian *pari-dāna- →Every word from Persian پالان →