kimyager

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كیمیاكر (kimyager), from Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ, “chemistry”) and Persian کار (kâr, “job”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cim.jaː.ɟɛɾ/

Noun

kimyager (definite accusative kimyageri, plural kimyagerler)

1. chemist

   Synonym: kimyacı

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kimyager”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كیمیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1615
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN