kefenci
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish كفنجی (kefenci, “maker or seller of shrouds; graverobber”), equivalent to kefen (“shroud”) + -cı.
Noun
editkefenci (definite accusative kefenciyı, plural kefenciler)
- maker or seller of shrouds, winding cloths, or other similar dresses and apparel for the dead
- (figuratively) graverobber, one who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kefenci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2521