بغدان
Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بغدان (boğdan, buğdan), from Bogdan I of Moldavia, founder of a dynasty, from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.
Proper noun
بُغْدَان • (buḡdān) ?
- (historical) Moldavia, Bogdania (a country in Europe)
Declension
Declension of noun بُغْدَان (buḡdān)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | بُغْدَان buḡdān | — |
| Nominative | — | بُغْدَانُ buḡdānu | — |
| Accusative | — | بُغْدَانَ buḡdāna | — |
| Genitive | — | بُغْدَانَ buḡdāna | — |
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- قره بغدان (kara boğdan, kara buğdan)
Etymology
From Bogdan I of Moldavia, founder of a dynasty, from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.
Noun
بغدان • (boğdan, buğdan)
- Moldavia, Bogdania
Derived terms
- بغدانلو (boğdanlı, buğdanlı, boğdanlü, buğdanlü, “Moldavian, Bogdanian”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Boğdan
- → Arabic: بُغْدَان (buḡdān)
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بغدان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 851
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866), “بغدان”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 202