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Azerbaijani
Etymology
A partial calque of Russian кида́ла (kidála), with the lexical root кида́ть (kidátʹ, “to throw, to ditch → to swindle”) being calqued and the suffix -щик (-ščik) copied.
Pronunciation
Noun
atanşik (definite accusative atanşiyi, plural atanşiklər)
- scammer, grifter, conman, confidence trickster
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fırıldaqçı
2011 July, Xural, volume 9, number 29:Heç kimə sirr deyil ki, Azərbaycanda yaşayan hər on nəfərdən 2-si mənalı atanşik, 5-i mənasız atanşik, 2-si isə potensial atanşikdir.Yerdə qalan 1-i isə özü-özünə atanları təmsil edir.- It is no secret that out of every ten people living in Azerbaijan, 2 are meaningful scammers, 5 are meaningless scammers, and 2 are potential scammers. The remaining one represents those who scam themselves.
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