sihirbaz

• sihrobaz, sirbaz

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سحرباز (sihirbaz), from Arabic سِحْر (siḥr) + Persian باز (bâz).

sihirbaz m (Cyrillic spelling сихирбаз, feminine sihirbazica)

1. (Bosnia) magician

   Synonym: čaròbnjāk

   • 1966, Meša Selimović, Derviš i smrt:

     Pa se nasmijao i veselo mi gledajući u oci, rekao bez okolišenja: - Priznaj da nisi to htio da pitaš. - Pogađaš tuđe misli, kao sihirbaz.

     And he laughed and cheerfully looking into my eyes said bluntly: - Admit that this is not what you wanted to ask. - You read thoughts like a magician

From Ottoman Turkish سحرباز, from Arabic سِحْر (siḥr) + Persian باز (bâz).

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sihirbaz (definite accusative sihirbazı, plural sihirbazlar)

1. magician (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic)
2. wizard
3. illusionist

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