Where does “شکارچی” come from?

شکارچی (Persian) comes from Persian ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

شکارچی (Persian): hunter

Definitions

  1. hunter

Ancestry of “شکارچی”, step by step

شکارچی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـچی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـچیer; -eer
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

via Persian شکار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشکارhunt, hunting
2Sogdian𐽁𐼸𐼰𐽀—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Persian ـچی →