ـجی

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-či.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi/, /d͡ʒɯ/, /d͡ʒy/, /d͡ʒu/

Suffix

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ـجی (-ci or -cı or -cü or -cu)

  1. Suffix creating nouns describing an occupation
    قاشق (kaşık, spoon) + ‎ـجی → ‎قاشقجی (kaşıkcı, spoon maker)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: -ci
  • Albanian: -xhi
  • Arabic: -جي
  • Armenian: -չի (-čʻi)
  • Bulgarian: -джия (-džija)
  • Egyptian Arabic: ـجى (-gi)
  • Greek: -τζής (-tzís), -τζού (-tzoú)
  • Ladino: -dji
  • Romanian: -giu
  • Serbo-Croatian: -džija, -џија, -ja, -ја

References

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