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boyacı.

painter (a laborer or workman who paints surfaces)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun[bɔjɑˈdʒɯ]
  1. painter (a laborer or workman who paints surfaces)

  2. clipping of ayakkabı boyacısı: shoeshiner (a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee)

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Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بویاجی (boyacı, “dyer”), from Proto-Turkic *bodagčï, derived from Proto-Turkic *bodag (“paint, dye”). Equivalent to boya (“paint”) + -cı. Cognate with Bashkir буяусы (bwyawsı), Kazakh бояушы (boyawšı), Kyrgyz боёкчу (boyokcu), Southern Altai бойучы (boyučï), Tatar буяучы (buyawçı), Uyghur بوياقچى (boyaqchi), Uzbek boʻyoqchi.

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