Where does “baltacılık” come from?
baltacılık (Turkish) comes from Turkish baltacı, from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či.
baltacılık (Turkish): profession of the person who sells or makes axes
Definitions
- profession of the person who sells or makes axes
Ancestry of “baltacılık”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | baltacı | Maker or seller of axes; halberdier |
| 2 | Turkish | -cı | Suffix appended to words to create a noun... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـچی | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | -či | — |