Where does “balugdžija” come from?

balugdžija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالقجی, from Ottoman Turkish بالق, from Proto-Turkic bālïk, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

balugdžija (Serbo-Croatian): fisherman

Definitions

  1. fisherman

Ancestry of “balugdžija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبالقجیfisherman, a person whose profession is catching fish
2Ottoman Turkishبالقfish
3Proto-Turkicbālïkfish
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
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