واردهقوسطه
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Venetian vardacosta (“coast guard”) (modern Italian guardacoste).
Noun[edit]
واردهقوسطه • (vardakosta)
- (nautical) A small warship like those used by Venice to guard the coast.
- (figuratively) a stout person, a voluptuous woman, an imposing man
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, § 690, page 454
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “واردا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1298
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “واردهقوسطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2121