Where does “elekçi” come from?

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

elekçi (Turkish): maker or seller of sieves

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of sieves

Ancestry of “elekçi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “elekçi

Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Turkish -cıEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی
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