Where does “یابانجی” come from?

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

یابانجی (Ottoman Turkish): stranger, a person whom one does not know, or is not an acquaintance

Definitions

  1. stranger, a person whom one does not know, or is not an acquaintance

Ancestry of “یابانجی”, step by step

یابانجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

via Persian یابان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیابان—

Words derived from “یابانجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →