فرقندان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Armenian բարեկենդան (barekendan).

Noun

فرقندان • (farkandan)

1. Barekendan, the Armenian Carnival before Lent

References

• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “فرقندان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 342a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فرقندان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3506
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فرقندان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1378