Where does “خىزمەتچى” come from?

خىزمەتچى (Uyghur) comes from Uyghur خىزمەت, from Arabic خِدْمَة.

خىزمەتچى (Uyghur): staff; servant

Definitions

  1. staff; servant

Ancestry of “خىزمەتچى”, step by step

خىزمەتچى traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur خىزمەت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurخىزمەتwork; position, duty; service
2Arabicخِدْمَة—

via Uyghur ـچى

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurـچىnoun-forming suffixes; adjective-forming suffixes
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Arabic خِدْمَة →Every word from Uyghur خىزمەت →