بابافنغو
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Venetian papafìgo. Cognate with Italian pappafico, Middle French papefil, and many other words around the Mediterranean.
Noun[edit]
بابافنغو • (babafingo)
- (nautical) topgallant sail
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: babafingo
References[edit]
- Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, page 332
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بابافینغو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 230
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بابافنغو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314