kadırga
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قادرغه, from Byzantine Greek κάτεργον (kátergon, “galley; penal labor”), from Ancient Greek κάτεργος (kátergos).
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Noun edit
kadırga (definite accusative kadırgayı, plural kadırgalar)
- (nautical, historical) galley
- Çoban, Gümüşlük'e su almak için uğrayan bir kadırgaya tayfa yazıldı.
- The shepherd registered a crew member to a galley who stopped by Gümüşlük to get water.
- (İzmir) strong
- (İzmir) talented
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Further reading edit
- “kadırga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu