hoqqabaz

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian حقه باز (player at cups-and-balls; juggler; pick-pocket; plotter, impostor), from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, cup of a juggler). Surface etymology hoqqa + -baz.

Noun

hoqqabaz (definite accusative hoqqabazı, plural hoqqabazlar)

  1. juggler, conjurer; magician; prestidigitator
  2. trickster

Declension

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