Where does “ziyaretçi” come from?

ziyaretçi (Turkish) comes from Turkish ziyaret, from Urdu زیارت, from Arabic زِيَارَة — visiting.

ziyaretçi (Turkish): visitor

Definitions

  1. visitor

Ancestry of “ziyaretçi”, step by step

ziyaretçi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ziyaret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishziyaretvisit
2Urduزیارتa holy visitation, pilgrimage
3Arabicزِيَارَةvisiting

via Ottoman Turkish زیارتجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishزیارتجیvisitor, visitant, someone who visits someone else, who stays as a guest, or who pays a visit to a specific place
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Arabic زِيَارَة →Every word from Urdu زیارت →Every word from Turkish ziyaret →