Where does “چاقیجی” come from?

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

چاقیجی (Ottoman Turkish): maker or seller of penknives

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of penknives

Ancestry of “چاقیجی”, step by step

چاقیجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Ottoman Turkish چاقی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچاقیpenknife, clasp-knife, pocketknife, a small knife whose blades can fold in its handle
2Proto-Turkicč(i)ak-to strike, to cut
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