واپور

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vapore (“steamship”).

Noun

واپور • (vapor, vapur) (definite accusative واپوری (vaporu, vapuru))

  1. steamer, steamship, steamboat

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “վափօր”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 145
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “vapor”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 355
  • Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “վափօր”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 871b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “واپور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120
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