Where does “-edžija” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-edžija”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-edžija

Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی