tahtelbahir
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish تحت البحری (taht al-bahri, literally “under the sea”), equivalent to taht (“under, beneath”) + bahir (“sea”).
Noun edit
tahtelbahir (definite accusative tahtelbahri, plural tahtelbahirler)
- (nautical) submarine
- Synonym: denizaltı
- 1940 August 16, “Bir Yunan kruvazörü torpillendi”, in Yeni Sabah:
- Yabancı bir tahtelbahir tarafından batırılan kruvazör Elli'dir
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 347b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tahtelbahir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1085