külahçı
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish كلاهجی (külahcı, “maker or seller of conical hats”), equivalent to külah (“coif, conical hat”) + -çı.
Noun
editkülahçı (definite accusative külahçıyı, plural külahçılar)
- maker or seller of conical hats
- (figuratively) cheater, scammer, fraud
- Synonym: dolandırıcı
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “külahçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2887