bandıra
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish باندره, باكدیره, from Venetian bandéra (Italian bandiera). Compare French bandière, Greek παντιέρα (pantiéra).
Noun
bandıra (definite accusative bandırayı, plural bandıralar)
- (nautical) flag
Derived terms
- bandıralı (“flagged”)
References
- 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, § 66
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “باندره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 250
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bandıra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük