آلابانده

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Italian alla (“to the”) banda (“side”), analyzed as one word.

Noun

آلابانده • (alabanda)

  1. (nautical) a sharp turn to the side
    آلابانده سنجاق ― alabanda sancak ― hard to starboard!
  2. (nautical) a side of a ship
  3. (nautical, military) broadside (guns on one side of a ship)
  4. (figurative) scolding; loud commotion

Descendants

  • Turkish: alabanda
  • → Greek: αλαμπάντα (alampánta)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “alabanda”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 42
  • 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, § 16, page 57
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آلابانده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 179
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