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Where does “kayıkçı” come from?

kayıkçı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قایقجی, from Ottoman Turkish قایق, from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk.

kayıkçı (Turkish): boatman, rower; caïquejee

Definitions

  1. boatman, rower; caïquejee

Ancestry of “kayıkçı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقایقجی—
2Ottoman Turkishقایقboat
3Proto-Turkic*kiayguk—

Words derived from “kayıkçı”

  • caïquejee
  • caïquejee
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk →