یالانجی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- یلانجی (yalancı)
Etymology
From یالان (yalan, “lie”) + ـجی (-ci, cı).
Noun
یالانجی • (yalancı)
- liar
Descendants
- Turkish: yalancı
- → Greek: γιαλαντζί (gialantzí)
- → North Levantine Arabic: يالانجي
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یالانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2191