Where does “edebiyat” come from?

edebiyat (Turkish) comes from Turkish -cı, from Ottoman Turkish ـچی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

edebiyat (Turkish): literature

Definitions

  1. literature

Ancestry of “edebiyat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
2Ottoman Turkishـچی—
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

Words derived from “edebiyat”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →