واردهقوسطه
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- وارداخوستا
Etymology
From Venetian vardacosta (“coast guard”) (modern Italian guardacoste).
Noun
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
- 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, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1298
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “واردهقوسطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2121