Where does “aşçı” come from?
aşçı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آشجی, from Persian آش, from Proto-Turkic (i)aĺ — food, meal.
aşçı (Turkish): cook, one who cooks
Ancestry of “aşçı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | آشجی | — |
| 2 | Persian | آش | thick Persian-style soup; pottage |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | (i)aĺ | food, meal |
Words derived from “aşçı”