فورس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English force.

Noun

فورس • (fors)

1. (nautical) top-flag, an admiral's flag flown from the top of the mast

Derived terms

• فورس ایپی (fors ipi, “rope used for tying the wheels of a cannon”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fors

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fors2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1609
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فورس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 913
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fors”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فورس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1400