صنعتكارلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صنعتكار (sanʼatkâr, “artisan; artist”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

Noun

صنعتكارلق • (sanʼatkârlık)

1. artisanship, craftsmanship, the quality of being a craftsman
2. artistry, the profession, calling, or quality of being an artist

Descendants

• Turkish: sanatkârlık

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sanatkârlık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4054
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صنعتكارلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 768
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صنعتكارلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187