makasçı
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish مقصجی (makascı, “maker or seller of scissors”), equivalent to makas (“scissors”) + -çı.
Noun edit
makasçı (definite accusative makasçıyı, plural makasçılar)
- maker or seller of scissors
- the officer who changes the route of the trains by opening and closing the switches in the railways
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “makasçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3027