طورپیدو

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From English torpedo.

Noun

طورپیدو (torpido)

  1. (military, nautical) torpedo
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, page 578:
      قوای بحریه‌مز یدی sloop و آلتی طورپیدویی تجاوز ایتمیه‌جك و هیچ بر طیاره و قابل سوق بالونمز اولمیه‌جقدر.
      Kuva-i bahriyemiz yedi sloop ve altı torpidoyu tecavüz etmeyecek ve hiç bir tayyare ve kabil-i sevk balonumuz olmayacaktır.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Turkish: torpido

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN