Where does “پنیرجی” come from?

پنیرجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پنیر, from Classical Persian پنیر, from Middle Persian pnyl — cheese.

پنیرجی (Ottoman Turkish): cheesemaker, cheesemonger, a maker or seller of cheese

Definitions

  1. cheesemaker, cheesemonger, a maker or seller of cheese

Ancestry of “پنیرجی”, step by step

پنیرجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish پنیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپنیرcheese
2Classical Persianپنیر—
3Middle Persianpnylcheese

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Middle Persian pnyl →Every word from Classical Persian پنیر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish پنیر →