şamdancı

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish شمعدانجی (şemʼdancı, “kind of servant”), equivalent to şamdan (“candlestick”) +‎ -cı. === Noun === şamdancı (definite accusative şamdancıyı, plural şamdancılar) maker or seller of candlesticks (historical) servant whose duty was to light up the candles inside a palace ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şamdancı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4425