فرقندان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Armenian բարեկենդան (barekendan).
Noun
فرقندان • (farkandan)
- Barekendan, the Armenian Carnival before Lent
References
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) , “فرقندان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 342a
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) , “فرقندان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3506
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “فرقندان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1378