Where does “-џија” come from?

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

-џија (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Ancestry of “-џија”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-џија”

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