فاقفون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Turkicized form of Chinese 白銅 / 白铜 (báitóng, “paktong”), from 白 (bái, “white”) + 銅 / 铜 (tóng, “copper”).

Noun

فاقفون • (fakfon) (definite accusative فاقفونی (fakfonu), plural فاقفونلر (fakfonlar))

  1. paktong, nickel silver, argentan, maillechort, an alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver

Descendants

  • Turkish: fakfon

Further reading

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