Where does “yabancı” come from?

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

yabancı (Turkish): stranger; foreigner

Definitions

  1. stranger; foreigner

Ancestry of “yabancı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیابانجیstranger, a person whom one does not know, or is not an acquaintance
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

Words derived from “yabancı”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یابانجی →