boyacı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بویاجی‎ (boyacı, “dyer”), from Proto-Turkic *bodagčï, derived from Proto-Turkic *bodag (“paint, dye”). Equivalent to boya (“paint”) +‎ -cı. Cognate with Bashkir буяусы (buyawsı), Kazakh бояушы (boäuşy), Kyrgyz боёкчу (boyokcu), Tatar буяучы (buyawçı), Uyghur بوياقچى‎ (boyaqchi), Uzbek boʻyoqchi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɔjɑˈdʒɯ]
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  • Hyphenation: bo‧ya‧cı

Noun

boyacı (definite accusative boyacıyı, plural boyacılar)

  1. painter (a laborer or workman who paints surfaces)

Declension

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Descendants
  • Albanian: bojaxhi
  • Armenian: պոյաճի (poyači), պօյաճի (pōyači), պօյեաճի (pōyeači)
  • Bulgarian: бояджи́я (bojadžíja)
  • Greek: μπογιατζής (bogiatzís)
  • Macedonian: бојаџија (bojadžija)
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