شرانپول

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • شرامپول (şarampol), شرانپو (şaranpo)
  • շարամփօ (şarampo), շարամփօվ (şarampov)Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian sorompó (boom barrier, boom gate), itself from Bavarian schrancpaum (barrier), a compound of schranc (gate, barrier) + paum (tree).

Noun

شرانپول • (şaranpol)

  1. (military) stockade, palisade, an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts

Descendants

  • Turkish: şarampol
  • Albanian: sharapoll

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