فرمنه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From فرمان (ferman, “a cabinet order written in the name of the prince in an involute fashion”).

Noun

فرمنه • (fermene)

1. a kind of ornamented jacket worn afore the torso

Derived terms

• فرمنه‌جی (fermeneci)

Descendants

• Turkish: fermene
• → Arabic: فَرْمَلَة (farmala)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فرمنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1379b