Where does “چاقرجی” come from?

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

چاقرجی (Ottoman Turkish): falconer, hawker, specifically a breeder of merlins attached to the Sultan's establishment

Definitions

  1. falconer, hawker, specifically a breeder of merlins attached to the Sultan's establishment

Ancestry of “چاقرجی”, step by step

چاقرجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish چاقر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچاقرlight blue, grey
2Proto-Turkic*čakïr—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →
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