Where does “araştırıcı” come from?

araştırıcı (Turkish) comes from Turkish -ici, from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی, from Proto-Turkic *-gučï — Forms professions from verbs.

araştırıcı (Turkish): researcher, investigator

Definitions

  1. researcher, investigator

Ancestry of “araştırıcı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-iciSuffix creating adjectives and/or (sometimes occupational) nouns directly from transitive verbs: -ive, -ous, -er
2Ottoman Turkishـیجی—
3Proto-Turkic*-gučïForms professions from verbs
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gučï →Every word from Turkish -ici →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـیجی →