Where does “توپچى” come from?

توپچى (Persian) comes from Persian توپ, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

توپچى (Persian): artilleryman, gunner

Definitions

  1. artilleryman, gunner

Ancestry of “توپچى”, step by step

توپچى traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian توپ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتوپball; cannon; mortar
2Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
3Old Turkictōp—

via Persian ـچی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـچیer; -eer
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →Every word from Persian توپ →
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