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aynacı

“aynacı” is a Turkish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mirror-maker, a manufacturer, dealer, or seller of mirrors, looking-glasses, or the like
  2. fortune-teller who tells fortune and sees future events through a mirror or looking-glass
  3. trickster, fraud, imposter, a person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain
  4. person or lookout man who is responsible for looking through telescopes on ships

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آینهجی (aynacı, “mirror-maker”); equivalent to ayna (“mirror”) + -cı.

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