ـچی

Borrowed from Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *-či. Compare Azerbaijani -çi, Ottoman Turkish ـجی (-ci).

ـچی • (-či)

1. -er; -eer

   Synonym: ـگر (-gar)

2. suffix forming toponymic surnames

   Abbas Araghchi

   Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi

   Gholam Reza Zanjanchi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ـچی • (-či)

1. alternative form of ـچه (-če, diminutive-forming suffix)

   ‎قبا (qabâ, “cloak”) + ‎ـچی (-či) → ‎قباچی (qabâči, “children's cloak”)

   ‎لحاف (lehâf, “quilt”) + ‎ـچی (-či) → ‎لحافچی (lehâfči, “children's quilt”)

   ‎نخود (noxod, “chickpea”) + ‎ـچی (-či) → ‎نخودچی (noxodči, “roasted chickpea”)