یالانجی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

یلانجی (yalancı)

Etymology

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

Noun

یالانجی • (yalancı)

liar

Descendants

Turkish: yalancı
→ Armenian: եալանճի (ealanči)
→ Aromanian: ialangi, ialangiu
→ Bulgarian: яланджи́я (jalandžíja)
→ Greek: γιαλαντζί (gialantzí)
→ North Levantine Arabic: يالانجي (yālanji)
→ Serbo-Croatian: јала̀нџија／jalàndžija

References

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

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