یالانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

یلانجی‎ (yalancı)

Etymology

From یالان‎ (yalan, “lie”) +‎ ـجی‎ (-ci, cı).

Noun

یالانجی • (yalancı)

liar

Descendants

Turkish: yalancı
→ Greek: γιαλαντζί (gialantzí)
→ North Levantine Arabic: يالانجي‎

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یالانجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2191

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