Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish خردوات (hurdavat), an Arabic plural form of خرده (hurde), that from Persian خرده.

Noun

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hırdavat (definite accusative hırdavatı, plural hırdavatlar)

  1. small goods, trinkets
  2. scraps

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hırdavat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خردوات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 838
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN