bandıra

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)

1. (nautical) flag

Derived terms

• bandıralı (“flagged”)

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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 250
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bandıra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük