قوطره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cotre (“cutter”), itself from English cutter.

Noun

قوطره • (kotra) (definite accusative قوطره‌یی (kotrayı), plural قوطره‌لر (kotralar))

  1. cutter, a single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop

Descendants

  • Turkish: kotra
  • → Armenian: քօթրա (kʻōtʻra) — Constantinople

Further reading

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