صنعتكار

Compound of صنعت (sanʼat, “art, trade, craft”) +‎ كار (kâr, “work, job, occupation”). Compare Azerbaijani sənətkar, Northern Kurdish sinetkar, Uyghur سەنئەتكار (sen'etkar) and Uzbek san'atkor for similar formations.

صنعتكار • (sanʼatkâr) (definitive accusative صنعتكاری (sanʼatkârı), plural صنعتكارلر (sanʼatkârlar))

artisan, craftsman, a person who creates objects partly or entirely by hand
Synonym: صانع (saniʼ)
artist, a person who creates art as an occupation, like a sculptor or painter

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