Where does “fotoğrafçılık” come from?

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

fotoğrafçılık (Turkish): photography

Definitions

  1. photography

Ancestry of “fotoğrafçılık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishfotoğrafçıphotographer
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -čiEvery word from Turkish -cıEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی