Where does “یانغینجی” come from?

یانغینجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یانغین, from Ottoman Turkish یانمق, from Proto-Turkic yan- — to burn.

یانغینجی (Ottoman Turkish): fireman, firefighter, a person who has been trained to put out fires

Definitions

  1. fireman, firefighter, a person who has been trained to put out fires

Ancestry of “یانغینجی”, step by step

یانغینجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یانغین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیانغینburnt, scorched, singed, dried or damaged by excessive exposure to sunlight or heat
2Ottoman Turkishیانمقto be burnt, suffer
3Proto-Turkicyan-to burn

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

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

Words derived from “یانغینجی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yan- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یانمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یانغین →