bedesten
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten).
Noun
bedesten (plural bedestens)
- An indoor marketplace in the Ottoman Empire.
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بدستان (bedesten, “covered market”).
Noun
bedesten (definite accusative bedesteni, plural bedestenler)
- a covered market which was historically found in the cities of the Ottoman Empire
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bedesten | bedestenler |
| definite accusative | bedesteni | bedestenleri |
| dative | bedestene | bedestenlere |
| locative | bedestende | bedestenlerde |
| ablative | bedestenden | bedestenlerden |
| genitive | bedestenin | bedestenlerin |
Derived terms
- bedesten tellalı
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bedesten”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 522