Where does “tüfekçi” come from?

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

tüfekçi (Turkish): gunsmith

Definitions

  1. gunsmith

Ancestry of “tüfekçi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tüfekçi”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Turkish -cı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـچی →