şamdancı
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish شمعدانجی (şemʼdancı, “kind of servant”), equivalent to şamdan (“candlestick”) + -cı.
Noun
[edit]şamdancı (definite accusative şamdancıyı, plural şamdancılar)
- maker or seller of candlesticks
- (historical) servant whose duty was to light up the candles inside a palace
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şamdancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4425