atanşik

Azerbaijani

Etymology

A partial calque of Russian кида́ла (kidála), with the lexical root кида́ть (kidátʹ, to throw, to ditch → to swindle) being calqued and the suffix -щик (-ščik) copied.

Noun

atanşik (definite accusative atanşiki, plural atanşiklər)

  1. scammer, grifter, conman, confidence trickster
    • 2011 July, Xural, volume 9, number 29:
      Heç kimə sirr deyil ki, Azərbaycanda yaşayan hər on nəfərdən 2-si mənalı atanşik, 5-i mənasız atanşik, 2-si isə potensial atanşikdir.Yerdə qalan 1-i isə özü-özünə atanları təmsil edir.
      It is no secret that out of every ten people living in Azerbaijan, 2 are meaningful scammers, 5 are meaningless scammers, and 2 are potential scammers. The remaining one represents those who scam themselves.
    Synonym: fırıldaqçı

Declension

Derived terms

  • atanşiklik

Further reading

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