Where does “işkencecilik” come from?

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

işkencecilik (Turkish): job of the torturer

Definitions

  1. job of the torturer

Ancestry of “işkencecilik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishişkencecitormentor, torturer
2Turkish-cıSuffix appended to words to create a noun...
3Ottoman Turkishـچی—
4Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →
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