alaycı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلایجی (alaycı). By surface analysis, alay (“derision”) +‎ -cı.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lay‧cı

Adjective

alaycı

1. derisive, sarcastic, ironic, cynical

Further reading

• “alaycı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آلایجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 33a