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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From لطیفه (latife, “joke, prank, jest”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
لطیفهجی • (latifeci)
- joker, prankster, jester, one who habitually makes jokes, pranks, or jests
- Synonym: شقاجی (şakacı)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “latifeci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2943
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لطیفهجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1078
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لطیفهجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1633