makasçı
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish مقصجی (makascı, “maker or seller of scissors”), equivalent to makas (“scissors”) + -çı.
Noun[edit]
makasçı (definite accusative makasçıyı, plural makasçılar)
- maker or seller of scissors
- the officer who changes the route of the trains by opening and closing the switches in the railways
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “makasçı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3027