فالجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From فال (fal, “divination, augury”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani falçı.

Noun

فالجی • (falcı)

  1. diviner, fortune-teller, soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, augur, one who foretells the future by way of an occultic ritual or practice
    Synonyms: عراف (ʼarraf), فال آچیجی (fal açıcı), فالزن (falzen), كاهن (kâhin)

Derived terms

  • فالجیلق (falcılık, “quality or vocation of a diviner”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: falcı
  • → Albanian: fallxhi
  • → Armenian: ֆալճի (falči), ⇒ Ֆալճյան (Falčyan)

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