Where does “tarakçı” come from?

tarakçı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طراقجی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

tarakçı (Turkish): maker or seller of combs

Definitions

  1. maker or seller of combs

Ancestry of “tarakçı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطراقجیmaker or seller of combs or rakes
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طراقجی →