Where does “چاپولجی” come from?

چاپولجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چاپول, from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق, from Scythian čap-.

چاپولجی (Ottoman Turkish): plunderer, raider, pillager, looter, marauder, depredator, ransacker, spoiler, anyone who plunders or pillages

Definitions

  1. plunderer, raider, pillager, looter, marauder, depredator, ransacker, spoiler, anyone who plunders or pillages

Ancestry of “چاپولجی”, step by step

چاپولجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish چاپول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچاپولpillage, plunder, sack, raid, loot, foray, any instance of spoliation
2Ottoman Turkishچاپمقto run, trot, canter, gallop
3Scythiančap-—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Scythian čap- →