آلابانده

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Italian alla (“to the”) banda (“side”), analyzed as one word.

Noun

آلابانده • (alabanda)

(nautical) a sharp turn to the side
آلابانده سنجاق ― alabanda sancak ― hard to starboard!
(nautical) a side of a ship
(nautical, military) broadside (guns on one side of a ship)
(figurative) scolding; loud commotion

Descendants

Turkish: alabanda
→ Greek: αλαμπάντα (alampánta)

References

Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 16, page 57
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلابانده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 179

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