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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish باندره, باكدیره, from Venetian bandéra (Italian bandiera). Compare French bandière, Greek παντιέρα (pantiéra).
Noun
bandıra (definite accusative bandırayı, plural bandıralar)
- (nautical) flag
Derived terms
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, § 66
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باندره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 250
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bandıra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük