şamdancı
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 edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şamdancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4425