kibritçi
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish كبریتجی (kibritci, “matchmaker”), equivalent to kibrit (“sulfur; match”) + -çi.
Noun edit
kibritçi (definite accusative kibritçiyi, plural kibritçiler)
- matchmaker, a person who makes matchsticks
- (figuratively) miser, scrooge, someone with an excessive dislike of spending money
- (figuratively) scruff, someone with an untidy appearance
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kibritçi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2666