aslancı
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish آرسلانجی (arslancı, “lion tamer”), equivalent to aslan (“lion”) + -cı.
Noun edit
aslancı (definite accusative aslancıyı, plural aslancılar)
- lion tamer, a performer who interacts with a lion as an entertainment
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aslancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 320