musandıra
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موصندره (musandıra), from the unattested Greek word *μεσάνδηρο (*mesándiro, “pedestal, mezzanine, balcony”).
Noun
musandıra (definite accusative musandırayı, plural musandıralar)
- linen closet, a shelved closet used for the storage of bedlinen and associated bedding
- shelf, a rigid structure used to support or display objects, especially one high un on a wall
- Synonym: sergen
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | musandıra | musandıralar |
| definite accusative | musandırayı | musandıraları |
| dative | musandıraya | musandıralara |
| locative | musandırada | musandıralarda |
| ablative | musandıradan | musandıralardan |
| genitive | musandıranın | musandıraların |
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “musandıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3315
- Eren, Hasan (1999) “musandıra”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language][1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 298a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “musandıra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük