Where does “ketenci” come from?

ketenci (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كتانجی, from Arabic كتان, from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ — flax; linen.

ketenci (Turkish): flax-weaver or seller of linen cloth

Definitions

  1. flax-weaver or seller of linen cloth

Ancestry of “ketenci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكتانجیflax-weaver or seller of linen cloth
2Arabicكتانflax; linen
3Classical Syriacܟܶܬܳܢܳܐflax; linen
Every word from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ →Every word from Arabic كتان →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كتانجی →