بدستان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بزازستان (bezzâzistân), بزستان (bezesten)

Etymology

Vulgarized form of earlier بزازستان (bezzâzistân), from Classical Persian بزازستان (bazzāzestān, “draper's market”). Equivalent to بزاز (bezzâz, “draper”) +‎ ـستان (-stan, “suffix forming placenames”).

Noun

بدستان • (bedesten or bedestân) (definite accusative بدستانی (bedesteni, bedestânı), plural بدستانلر (bedestenler, bedestânlar))

  1. bedesten

Descendants

  • Turkish: bedesten
  • → Armenian: պէզէստէն (pēzēstēn)
  • → English: bedesten
  • → Greek: μπεζεστένι (bezesténi)
  • → Macedonian: безистен (bezisten)
  • → Middle Armenian: պազաստան (pazastan)

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