köken: Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).
Burnes avait eu, en rentrant dans cette ville, le plaisir inespéré d’y trouver un eltchi ou agent de Mourad-Bey, chef de Koundouz.
[...] des eltchis, des ambassadeurs allemand et vénitien.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī), from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix). Compare Azerbaijani elçi, Turkish elçi, Uzbek elchi and Gujarati એલચી (elcī).