بادانه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بادنا (badana), بادنه (badana)

Etymology

Unclear; perhaps a borrowing from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, inside, innings; lining), but the semantic gap is problematic.[1] If so, doublet of بطانه (bıtane, lining).

Noun

بادانه • (badana) (definite accusative بادانه‌یی (badanayı), plural بادانه‌لر (badanalar))

  1. whitewash, limewash, calcimine, a lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white

Derived terms

  • بادانه اورمق (badana urmak, to whitewash)
  • بادانه ایتمك (badana etmek, to whitewash)
  • بادانه‌جی (badanacı, whitewasher)
  • بادانه‌سز (badanasız, not whitewashed)
  • بادانه‌لامق (badanalamak, to whitewash)
  • بادانه‌لانمق (badanalanmak, to be whitewashed)
  • بادانه‌لو (badanalı, whitewashed)

Descendants

  • Turkish: badana
  • Albanian: badanë
  • Armenian: պատանա (patana)
  • Bulgarian: бадана (badana)
  • Laz: ბადანა (badana)
  • Romanian: bidinea

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “badanë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 56

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