Where does “Sabancı” come from?

Sabancı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صبانجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

Sabancı (Turkish): plowman, plower, a maker, seller, or user of plows

Definitions

  1. plowman, plower, a maker, seller, or user of plows

Ancestry of “Sabancı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصبانجیplowman, plower, a maker, seller, or user of plows
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish صبانجی →