Where does “самджи” come from?

самджи (Udi) comes from Udi -джи, from Azerbaijani -ıncı, from Ottoman Turkish ـنجی, from Proto-Turkic *-inč.

самджи (Udi): first

Definitions

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Ancestry of “самджи”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Udi-джи—
2Azerbaijani-ıncıPostconsonantal form of -inci after the vowels A...
3Ottoman TurkishـنجیSuffix creating ordinal numbers; -th
4Proto-Turkic*-inč—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-inč →Every word from Azerbaijani -ıncı →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـنجی →