بابافنغو
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- بابافینغو
Etymology
From Venetian papafìgo. Cognate with Italian pappafico, Middle French papefil, and many other words around the Mediterranean.
Noun
بابافنغو • (babafingo)
- (nautical) topgallant sail
Descendants
- Turkish: babafingo
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, page 332
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “بابافینغو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 230
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “بابافنغو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314