رافدان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • رفدان (rafadan)

Etymology

From Greek αὐγά ῥουφητά (augá rhouphētá, literally “soft eggs”).

Noun

رافدان • (rafıdan, rafadan)

  1. poached egg, soft-boiled egg

Descendants

  • Turkish: rafadan

References

  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 57
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رفدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 981
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رافدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 612
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