Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صنعتكار (sanʿatkar, a tradesman, an artisan, an artist),[1][2] from Arabic صَنْعَة (ṣanʕa, art, craft) +‎ Persian کار (kâr, work, occupation, one who does).[3] Equivalent to sanat +‎ -kâr. Cognates with Azerbaijani sənətkar, Northern Kurdish sinetkar, Uyghur سەنئەتكار (sen'etkar), Uzbek san'atkor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.natˈcaɾ/, (definite accusative) /sa.nat.caːˈɾɯ/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧nat‧kâr

Noun

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sanatkâr (definite accusative sanatkârı, plural sanatkârlar)

  1. A person who performs in any art form; an artist.
    Synonyms: sanatçı, artist
  2. A person who professionally creates work by hand; a craftsman.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative sanatkâr
Definite accusative sanatkârı
Singular Plural
Nominative sanatkâr sanatkârlar
Definite accusative sanatkârı sanatkârları
Dative sanatkâra sanatkârlara
Locative sanatkârda sanatkârlarda
Ablative sanatkârdan sanatkârlardan
Genitive sanatkârın sanatkârların
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular sanatkârım sanatkârlarım
2nd singular sanatkârsın sanatkârlarsın
3rd singular sanatkâr
sanatkârdır
sanatkârlar
sanatkârlardır
1st plural sanatkârız sanatkârlarız
2nd plural sanatkârsınız sanatkârlarsınız
3rd plural sanatkârlar sanatkârlardır

Adjective

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sanatkâr

  1. One who does something masterfully.
    Synonyms: usta, mahir

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صنعتكار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صنعتكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 768
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sanat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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