Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَمْدُود (mamdūd), passive participle of مَدَّ (madda).

Adjective edit

ممدود (memdud)

  1. extended, elongated, prolonged
  2. (grammar) long (vowel)
    الف ممدودelif memdudalef madda
  3. (chemistry) diluted

Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “memdûd”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ممدود”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1224a