Etymology

Khashoggi

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Arabic surname خَاشُقْجِي (ḵāšuqjī). Full definition →

Arabic خَاشُقْجِي ← Ottoman Turkish قاشیقجی
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقاشیقجی“spoon-maker”
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromخَاشُقْجِي
  3. English todayKhashoggi

From Arabic خَاشُقْجِي (ḵāšuqjī), from Ottoman Turkish قاشیقجی (kaşıkcı, “spoon-maker”) (Turkish kaşıkçı).

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