Where does “ኣውጂ” come from?

ኣውጂ (Tigre) comes from Ottoman Turkish آوجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

ኣውጂ (Tigre): a military rank

Definitions

  1. a military rank

Ancestry of “ኣውጂ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآوجیhunter, huntsman
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آوجی →
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