aynacı
“aynacı” is a Turkish word. Its 4 meanings in English:
noun
- mirror-maker, a manufacturer, dealer, or seller of mirrors, looking-glasses, or the like
- fortune-teller who tells fortune and sees future events through a mirror or looking-glass
- trickster, fraud, imposter, a person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain
- 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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